Cylinder head and cam question

[qkcuda]

Minor progress this weekend. Got the starter and the steering box off. Steering box was leaking like a sieve, so it's off for a rebuild. Starter will get a clean and repaint. I don't know which rebuilder uses bright blue, but it will be going back to black. It will also give me better access to clean and paint the block.

 

[qkcuda]

Put the Compressor back on the cleaned up brackets, which let me remove my wooden rigging. Now I have much better access to the sides of the engine. My crank socket wrapped in cardboard and duct tape made an excellent plug for the distributor hole.

 

[qkcuda]

Looking at my reference pic for the brackets, you can see how much grunge there was everywhere. Yes those are acorn shells.

 

[qkcuda]

The heads have been sitting on the bench in the garage since I got them back from the machine shop. Didn't have much ambition today so I brought them into the basement to clean a little paint overspray and flash rust. Gave them a quick wipe of WD40 on the machined surfaces. With the .020 cut one head measured 75 cc's and the other was 74.

 

[IQ52]

Minor progress this weekend. Got the starter and the steering box off. Steering box was leaking like a sieve, so it's off for a rebuild. Starter will get a clean and repaint. I don't know which rebuilder uses bright blue, but it will be going back to black. It will also give me better access to clean and paint the block.

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Gotta say that you are a braver man than I am to do all that work on and with the engine still in the car. That takes fortitude.

 

[qkcuda]

Doesn't take fortitude, just a mix of stupidity and stubbornness. I just recharged the air and got it working last summer, so trying not to open the system. Hopefully after all this work I don't find that all the freon has leaked out anyway.

 

[qkcuda]

I got my power steering box back from being rebuilt. That will be this weekend's project. I had them do a firm feel type upgrade at the same time. I am told it should make the steering feel much tighter. I will be happy as long as I get rid of all the leaks!

 

[Don Frelier]

I would strongly recommend a new pressure hose.
Looks nice.
Aren't you going to paint the block first?
Or did you already get that done?

 

[qkcuda]

Painting the block is also on the list for this weekend. Last weekend was a write off. We'll see how much I actually get accomplished. I will have to check the size of the pressure hose connections. When I was looking to order one they were listing different fitting sizes for the same application.

 

[qkcuda]

Finished a messy job today. Block was caked with grunge.

 

[qkcuda]

Hey there are numbers under there. Apparently I have an LS motor!

 

[qkcuda]

Some paint

 

[qkcuda]

Front painted

 

[qkcuda]

Starter painted and steering box in.

 

[PRHeads]

You’re picking away at it and getting it done.

Nice job!!

 

[qkcuda]

Takes a while only working on weekends. Now that the weather is getting better I need to put it in high gear

 

[Wietse]

Respect for doing all that with the engine still inside the car.
I did a similar job on the engine but pulled it out for painting and repairing threaded holes for the exhaust manifold bolts.
Mine is a 440 with headers though, so even more limited space wise.

Which heads did you end up using, the original ones or the spare set?

 

[qkcuda]

Ended up using the spare set due to the defect in the one exhaust seat. They were pressure tested and cleaned up well. I did reuse my original valves which had already been surfaced.

 

[qkcuda]

Got the steering and starter reconnected. Changed out my positive battery cable at the same time, and added some heat shield.

 

[qkcuda]

I would strongly recommend a new pressure hose.
Looks nice.
Aren't you going to paint the block first?
Or did you already get that done?

I couldn't source one locally, so I just ordered a hose from RockAuto, Edelman 70329. Looks correct in the picture. Fingers crossed.