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10-01-2016, 01:26 PM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
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10-01-2016, 01:39 PM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
so the Mr. Gasket 7402G rode home shot gun with me, no seriously in the front seat
$38 bucks, pretty pricey, hewk at this rate I'm building a million dollar exhaust |
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10-01-2016, 01:41 PM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
so lets take a closer gander at this be all end all gasket cause it sure wasn't what I expected, it comes off as a nice 1/8th of an inch gasket, or at least that's how it looks like in the box, well until you open it and flip it over
what's up with these ridges? hey man, I'm just sayin' and I'm just sharin', cause sharin' is carin' |
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10-01-2016, 01:45 PM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
well lets try these on for size
first in non of the 17 languages on the box does Mr. Casket tell us which way is front and which way is back, in other words which side goes to the cylinder head and which one to the header I guess the ridges are supposed to wrap around some header, but good luck finding a header that matches the gasket exactly precisely |
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10-01-2016, 01:48 PM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
two more pics of the ends
Wonder if I should flatten out that ridge around the border on the gasket or leave it be so the gasket lays flat on the header? |
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10-01-2016, 01:54 PM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
well dingle dangle, Miss Easy On The Eyes shows us how to install these types of exhaust gaskets in this here YouTube video
How To install Mr. Gasket Aluminum Layered Exhaust Gaskets |
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10-01-2016, 04:23 PM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
the carbon buildup is starting up again on the brand new #5 spark plug, no bueno!
and I refuse to Dyno Test a bad build |
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10-01-2016, 04:27 PM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
clearing the runway...
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10-01-2016, 04:29 PM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
~ commencing the teardown ~
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10-01-2016, 04:31 PM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
what in the world is that? would that explain my coolant always being low?
ah the life of a Hot Rodder, one step forward, two steps back |
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10-01-2016, 07:18 PM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
my push rod numbering system
left to right 1 medium zip tie 2 medium zip ties 3 medium zip ties 0 medium zip ties 4 small zip ties (ah snap I forgot the zip ties on this little rascal) 3 small zip ties 2 small zip ties 1 small zip tie |
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10-01-2016, 07:21 PM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
Off with Rusty's head!
something is definately up with the two middle cylinders (for sure #5 ie second from the right with all that build up) |
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10-01-2016, 07:26 PM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
the jugs look fine ie cylinders and piston tops at least from what we can see here
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10-02-2016, 02:32 AM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
looks like the head gasket held just fine (here we check out both sides of the same gasket)
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10-02-2016, 02:35 AM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
here I show you my one man piston catching aparatus, don't worry it never came to that, the towel was there just in case, I tapped them out gently to where only the rings were crowning out
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10-02-2016, 02:38 AM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
the first piston to come out was #5 and right away I noticed a problem, the oil rings were frozen / stuck, they would not spin nor wiggle
I marked this guy with a zip tie because I did not a have a number punch yet |
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10-02-2016, 02:45 AM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
so I decided to compare it to the number 1 piston
I lined up the ring slots on purpose for the pic so you can see the spacing, they were properly offset in the engine notice how further apart the oil rings are on the #1 piston than the #5 (last pic) which are jammed closer together squeezing the piston to the point where they can't move |
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10-02-2016, 02:49 AM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
decided to hit Harbor Freight for a stamping set before pulling any more pistons, didn't want to mix them up, as they were not numbered/labeled already
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10-02-2016, 02:51 AM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
so I pulled all four pistons from the driver side and stamped there with their numbers
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10-02-2016, 02:54 AM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
I also picked up what I thought was a bore gauge set from Harbor Freight, and folks don't waste your money this is total junk, I was unable to find the center ie the widest point of the cylinder this thing wobbles all over and by the time to lock it down you are in a different spot
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10-02-2016, 02:56 AM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
cleaned my second work bench, this one is on the passenger side, i really like these benches, come in so handy, and a clean workbench keeps me sane
so the driver side head etc. went on the drive side workbench, and the passenger side components will go on this side |
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10-02-2016, 02:58 AM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
this is what happens when you don't label your push rods, ha ha
at this point I didn't care |
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10-02-2016, 03:00 AM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
pulled the passenger side cylinder head
no surprises here - things looked normal |
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10-02-2016, 03:01 AM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
passenger head looked better
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10-02-2016, 03:05 AM
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Re: Restoring Rusty
passenger head gasket was in good order, front and back shown here
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