Re: [DML] Re: Headgasket job/Engine lift if anyone needs

[Vin 5386 <delorean_stainless@xxxx>]

If anybody is close to me in NEPA and needs an engine
lift for a few weeks or something I do have one to
borrow. they can get pricy if you rent one over a week
or something. I'd just need it back after you were
done lol. Just thought Id throw that out there.

Todd
Vin 5386
--- David Teitelbaum <jtrealty@xxxx> wrote:
> The special tool for the timing chain is to maintain
> tension on the
> timing chain to maintain timing. Without it you will
> have to remove
> the timing cover which means removal of the engine
> from the car. Refer
> to C:05:04 for complete explanation.
> Expect some trouble with removing the exhaust
> manifolds, The hardware
> during normal use is subjected to high temperatures
> and extreme
> cycling of temperatures which causes the hardware to
> "freeze" in place
> especially because of dissimilar materiels and
> different coeficints of
> expansion and contraction. The best way to get them
> loose is with an
> acetalyne torch to heat up the hardware before
> trying to remove it.
> Without the timing chain tool you should figure on
> removing the whole
> engine, transmission, exhaust system. It is not that
> big a deal once
> you get the rear facia off. Of course this assumes
> you have a good
> place to work and some tools and an engine lift
> (which you can rent).
> David Teitelbaum
> vin 10757
> 
> 
> 
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd"
> <racuti1@xxxx> wrote:
> > Since my "critical engine failure", I've been
> forced to accept the 
> > realities of my budget, and replace the head
> gaskets in place. I have 
> > a few questions before I get started:
> > 
> > 1. The workshop manual shows a special tool to
> hold up the timing 
> > sprocket. Do I have to have this tool or is there
> another safer way?
> > 2. My exhaust manifolds are not in great shape
> and I don't want to 
> > damage them anymore. Can I just disconnect them
> from the muffler and 
> > the "U" pipe and leave them attached to the heads?
> > 3. I have been told that removing the manifolds
> is "easy" by some 
> > folks on list. #5335 has been in a very damp
> environment for years 
> > and the nuts and studs are fused together by rust.
> I don't even see 
> > how I can get at them all without removing the
> engine even if they 
> > weren't rusted. Is there something I don't know?
> > 4. In short, can this job be done with the engine
> in place or should 
> > I be removing it?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Rich
> > #5335
> 
> 
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