Re: [DML] Re: Uh oh

[Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx>]

cruznmd wrote:

> By and large, the bulk of the email I'm getting off list is telling me
> to just put the dang thing back together and see what happens. :) I'm
> also getting email from folks saying I've gone way further into my
> engine than they ever have. That's frightening considering I've owned
> mine less than a year. Am I just too dumb to know when I'm in over my
> head?
I was going to reply to specifics, but basically your first sentence 
says it all. When we did our first head-job, we were on the phone every 
5 minutes to our engine guy. Now we can strip and engine down to the 
block in about 90 minutes.

> Now if I only had a pulley-puller....
You can ease it off with a bit of gentle levering on sequentially 
opposite sides with a pair of decent-sized flat screwdrivers. Just don't 
go/get mad and bend the pulley.

BTW a couple of hints: CHANGE THE TIMING CHAINS. Not because you 
"should" but because you may find for an outlay of less than $30 your 
engine exhibits a whole new lease of life. And secondly, presumably 
you'll be replacing the exhaust manifold before putting the head back on 
the block. MAKE SURE you don't get the little tabs on the bottom of the 
manifold gaskets caught under the head....... (been there, done that)

Martin