Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Top End Rebuild - Day 25 and 26

Day 25 was about 3hrs fitting the driver's side exhaust manifold. Took forever getting the rear exhaust flange to line up. You can only thread the lower studs in once you've hung the exhuast manifold. There is not enough clearance to have the studs in when fitting the manifold.

Day 26 was about an hours work fitting the power steering pump and alternator. Getting really close to completion. Which means the anxiety and paranoia is also building up - did I bend any of the valves while assembling the heads? did the head torque down properly? Dying to get it done and hear the engine run.

Remaining items are:
- Radiator + Coolant hoses + Radiator fan
- Wiring harness
- Main fuel lines
- Distributor + spark plugs + Ignition wires
- Windscreen washer bottle
- Secondary firewall
- Oil change + New coolant
- And any miscellaneous vacuum connections

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