I've had this thing for almost a year. 282K miles, most of the engine has been re-done, all original hoses replaced, belts, etc. All new brakes, calipers, brake lines, and master cylinder. Everything done by ACC here in Atlanta. The only bad thing left, which I knew about, was low compression in one cylinder, under 90. I didn't want to eat the $1500+ to have the valves re-done with labor cost, but my rig is really sluggish and has trouble going up hills at anything over 45 MPH. Which makes it pretty miserable driving up to north GA for wheeling. And I'm averaging under 10 MPG, I would think on the highway I could do a little better than that. So as we do, it's time to drop some coin and get this fixed up. She doesn't run bad, she's just not humming. I have no experience with other 62s but I'm told by friends that they can run a lot better.
After talking to a lot of folks about what I should do to remedy the issue, I bought a rebuilt 3F head (which turned out to be a 2F head, long story), so they sent out another 3F head for rebuild for me. Thanks to some handy friends with a garage and skills, we're going to undertake replacing the head ourselves.
Any particular things I should know before we start? I'll be honest, mostly I'm trusting these guys and their experience, but I do want to participate and learn.
After talking to a lot of folks about what I should do to remedy the issue, I bought a rebuilt 3F head (which turned out to be a 2F head, long story), so they sent out another 3F head for rebuild for me. Thanks to some handy friends with a garage and skills, we're going to undertake replacing the head ourselves.
Any particular things I should know before we start? I'll be honest, mostly I'm trusting these guys and their experience, but I do want to participate and learn.