Okay!....I'm back. Delays, delays, delays. Rain, overtime, etc.
Took the GT500 pump out. Put in the Melling 360HV. Details will be in the GT500 Oil Pump thread later.
That means everything had to come back out.
Got the new pump in, reinstalled all the timing components, then did all 24 rockers...again. Went much faster this time. It is easier to do when you aren't pulling them straight out of the oil they've been soaking in. They tend to stay in your fingers a little better for some reason.
Did learn a little more finesse with the spring compressor tool. When getting the compressor foot onto the valve retainer, sometimes pulling back and up on the fork gives you just the needed room. It's not much and too far you start over.
You still get the top and threaded part in place then swing the foot in place.
Removal is the reverse, remove the knob, pull back and up slightly on the fork, swing the foot off the valve retainer and out it comes...mostly.
The nice thing this time around is that the dime sized missing skin from my right forefinger had pretty much grown back. Between the oil and the knurled sides of the knob, doing the back of the left head took that skin off pretty quick.
The a/c lines back there are just in the right place to cause grief. So is the dipstick tube. Took the nut off at the head to get some wiggle. I don't know if it can be removed completely.
Installed the new front cover. Remove the bottom most waterpump bolt. It interferes with the cover.
As for the cover bolts....if you forget which ones go where (should have taken a picture!.. I did, but couldnt see them all), the FSM has a chart of dimensions and they are numbered to match the torque sequence. I looked up some engines for sale on Ebay and found a nice clear pic of the front of a motor.
The pic of the pretty new timing cover:
Now, I need to fill in the corrosion voids on the block at the oil filter adapter. One of them falls right in line with the seal on the new revised gasket. Won't take much, but I feel better with something backing that seal.
The other thing is I'd like to install a tee fitting for an oil pressure gauge. I think maybe a mechanical gauge mounted under the hood and some braided stainless teflon hose. If not, then at least something easy to hook up without disturbing the factory sensor. Maybe.
The angles down there might not work with what I want.
Getting there. Need to give the new valve covers a good cleaning, too.
Took the GT500 pump out. Put in the Melling 360HV. Details will be in the GT500 Oil Pump thread later.
That means everything had to come back out.
Got the new pump in, reinstalled all the timing components, then did all 24 rockers...again. Went much faster this time. It is easier to do when you aren't pulling them straight out of the oil they've been soaking in. They tend to stay in your fingers a little better for some reason.
Did learn a little more finesse with the spring compressor tool. When getting the compressor foot onto the valve retainer, sometimes pulling back and up on the fork gives you just the needed room. It's not much and too far you start over.
You still get the top and threaded part in place then swing the foot in place.
Removal is the reverse, remove the knob, pull back and up slightly on the fork, swing the foot off the valve retainer and out it comes...mostly.
The nice thing this time around is that the dime sized missing skin from my right forefinger had pretty much grown back. Between the oil and the knurled sides of the knob, doing the back of the left head took that skin off pretty quick.
The a/c lines back there are just in the right place to cause grief. So is the dipstick tube. Took the nut off at the head to get some wiggle. I don't know if it can be removed completely.
Installed the new front cover. Remove the bottom most waterpump bolt. It interferes with the cover.
As for the cover bolts....if you forget which ones go where (should have taken a picture!.. I did, but couldnt see them all), the FSM has a chart of dimensions and they are numbered to match the torque sequence. I looked up some engines for sale on Ebay and found a nice clear pic of the front of a motor.
The pic of the pretty new timing cover:
Now, I need to fill in the corrosion voids on the block at the oil filter adapter. One of them falls right in line with the seal on the new revised gasket. Won't take much, but I feel better with something backing that seal.
The other thing is I'd like to install a tee fitting for an oil pressure gauge. I think maybe a mechanical gauge mounted under the hood and some braided stainless teflon hose. If not, then at least something easy to hook up without disturbing the factory sensor. Maybe.
The angles down there might not work with what I want.
Getting there. Need to give the new valve covers a good cleaning, too.
