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moving along....the gasket and studs showed up sooner than i expected, within like 3 days. I ordered an off the shelf gasket and the studs through throtl. wasn't sure, but it all worked out. I also got the dowels put in prior to landing the head.
went with the opel studs. I cut the end off the fronts and did my best for a flat head screwdriver groove. I did 4 torque passes in 20 ftlb increments, all the way to 80 ft-lbs.
I bought a tig welder. steel is no problem. aluminum is a different beast. practiced for a couple days and got comfortable. passable for basically a non-pressure, non-load bearing fitting. Not the best, but I put some boogers around the weld.
I'm finding out a lot of the time is in scrubbing and/or painting parts. My gaf in that area is starting to wane.
I'm waiting on some miscellaneous gaskets, small things. I think the person I bought the engine from took the a/c bracket. I'll have to pull that, the thermostat and the oil level sensor (the person I bought the engine from broke that as well) off the current engine. some of the things on the current motor are pretty new, like idler pulley, power steering pump and pricey power end hose etc. I hope to have the engine ready to be landed by the end of next week. I'll pull the old one the following, and leave the rest of the week to swap parts over, clean engine bay, paint, etc. I may spend a week with the wire wheel and my turbine paint sprayer working on the frame. The only thing I really want to do while the engine is out is upgrade the rear heater lines. I may do a stainless exhaust, but I'll wait till the turbo shows up....
I also ordered some cerakote for the exhaust manifolds, heat shields and egr pipe. I'll probably hit the turbo housing too, the cerakote has a 1 yr shelf life though....
went with the opel studs. I cut the end off the fronts and did my best for a flat head screwdriver groove. I did 4 torque passes in 20 ftlb increments, all the way to 80 ft-lbs.
I bought a tig welder. steel is no problem. aluminum is a different beast. practiced for a couple days and got comfortable. passable for basically a non-pressure, non-load bearing fitting. Not the best, but I put some boogers around the weld.
I'm finding out a lot of the time is in scrubbing and/or painting parts. My gaf in that area is starting to wane.
I'm waiting on some miscellaneous gaskets, small things. I think the person I bought the engine from took the a/c bracket. I'll have to pull that, the thermostat and the oil level sensor (the person I bought the engine from broke that as well) off the current engine. some of the things on the current motor are pretty new, like idler pulley, power steering pump and pricey power end hose etc. I hope to have the engine ready to be landed by the end of next week. I'll pull the old one the following, and leave the rest of the week to swap parts over, clean engine bay, paint, etc. I may spend a week with the wire wheel and my turbine paint sprayer working on the frame. The only thing I really want to do while the engine is out is upgrade the rear heater lines. I may do a stainless exhaust, but I'll wait till the turbo shows up....
I also ordered some cerakote for the exhaust manifolds, heat shields and egr pipe. I'll probably hit the turbo housing too, the cerakote has a 1 yr shelf life though....