[americanmusc1e]

March I just worked a lot

April I installed my wideband O2 and cleaned up the gauges a little bit. I also cut down and built brackets to install the side steps. Late april I got serious with the temperature issues on the truck. I bought a bleeder funnel and tried to bleed the air out of the truck. Every time I revved the motor up, I'd get a ton of air bubbling up but no drop in the coolant level. It passed two different combustion gas tests for a bad head gasket, but on a whim, I hooked shop air up to my compression tester on each cylinder and let it sit for 5 mins. I learned that I had four cylinders where the valves were leaking down badly. And I could also get bubbles in the cooling system if I left shop air on cylinder #5.

I broke down and ordered a brand new set of EQ cylinder heads and the associated gaskets. And a very tiny camshaft.