SHE LIVES FINALLY
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Drifting
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SHE LIVES FINALLY
I have never worked so hard in my life. :jester
I woke up at 10:00(I know that seems lazy, let me finish though). After I woke up I went to get my new gaskets, I was back by 11:00, and the work began. I realize dropping the intake alone would be worthless, and my help wasn't going to show up until 4:30, so I kept busy with odds and ends, doing some finalization things(like getting the car off jackstands, putting on the valance, running some vacuum hoses, etc). At 4 I took a break for lunch and my friend showed up and we droped the intake and started to rebuild the motor. We didn't get to putting the hood on until 9:00, and got it on by 10:30...I've been go go go for 12 and a half hours. I'm beat.
The good news is, she fired right up, no skips or anything. I had to chase a few leaks, but other then that it went sucessful. The idle was high, so I assumed a vacuum leak, I fixed it, but by then it was 10:00, so I didn't fire it back up, because I didn't want to wake the neighbors. I'll know tomarrow morning if my vacuum leak is fixed.
Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who helped me throughout this ordeal. Tomarrow Im going to wash it, and vacuum it, then me and my friend are going to go cruise emrald isle(or jacksonville, don't know yet).
Daniel
I woke up at 10:00(I know that seems lazy, let me finish though). After I woke up I went to get my new gaskets, I was back by 11:00, and the work began. I realize dropping the intake alone would be worthless, and my help wasn't going to show up until 4:30, so I kept busy with odds and ends, doing some finalization things(like getting the car off jackstands, putting on the valance, running some vacuum hoses, etc). At 4 I took a break for lunch and my friend showed up and we droped the intake and started to rebuild the motor. We didn't get to putting the hood on until 9:00, and got it on by 10:30...I've been go go go for 12 and a half hours. I'm beat.
The good news is, she fired right up, no skips or anything. I had to chase a few leaks, but other then that it went sucessful. The idle was high, so I assumed a vacuum leak, I fixed it, but by then it was 10:00, so I didn't fire it back up, because I didn't want to wake the neighbors. I'll know tomarrow morning if my vacuum leak is fixed.
Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who helped me throughout this ordeal. Tomarrow Im going to wash it, and vacuum it, then me and my friend are going to go cruise emrald isle(or jacksonville, don't know yet).
Daniel
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Drifting
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From: North Carolina
Re: SHE LIVES FINALLY (joeveto)
last september I started taking the engine compartment apart for a detail. I ended up replacing the radiator shroud, which was a major task. I rebuilt the nose of the car,(headlight actuators etc). I replace the rad shroud. And I painted the engine block, when I went to put it back together I snapped a bolt off on the tstat housing, so I had to have that drilled/tapped. I ALMOST replaced the heads, but I just wanted to get it together so I could drive it.
I finally got it all together last night. My biggest set back was the last of an extra set of hands for the heavy things like the hood/intake...
Daniel
I finally got it all together last night. My biggest set back was the last of an extra set of hands for the heavy things like the hood/intake...
Daniel
