Re: You ARE doing the head gasket now ?......... (archive)

Mark ,
What do you mean ?
You mean the upper cover to the head ?
Or the gasket below the upper cover ,to the lower cover , beacause thats part of the head gasket .
In any event you can get away with just replacing the head gasket .
The other ones can be reused .
I think just doing the head gasket is a wise idea , to get you by .

Okay, that makes sense. The gasket between the upper timing cover and the lower timing cover is part of the head gasket, that's what I wasn't sure about. And you're saying I can reuse the gasket between the upper timing cover and the head?

I would recommend doing one other thing though .
When you get the head off , take it and the upper timing cover to a machine shop and have them both resurfaced together .
Should only run like $30 or so , cheap insurance.
You can leave the valves in but you have to take out the cam.
Thats pretty easy though .

I agree. But is this procedure something that should be done if the engine has ever had a history of overheating? Or done regardless of engine history?

I know once I get the head off it's going to kill me not to be able to put in new valves and guides, esp. once I get the cam out.

P.S.: Hey I'll have pics soon of my 8" door mids .
Its getting there , slowly .

Yeah, send some pics over. I've stopped doing things to my stereo because the engine work takes priority.... I will def. get the 79 engine. Simpler is always better if you ask me. Thanks for the tip.

Also, I found out that my garage, if i move all my bikes outside, and yard tools, etc, I will have 10inches between the inside wall and the edge of the car. Just enough to squeeze in and do that head work out of the rain and wind and shit. What a relief!

thanks,

Mark

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