It has begun......Heads/Cam

[Nocooler]

sweet ass pic man! can you help me make mine do that? lol. nice!

Sure - it just cost money.

[Nocooler]

Heads are off - sorry for the crappy pic - I couldn't get the exhaust apart, torco duraseal clamps were overkill. My brother stopped by and I put him to work. The heads came out with the headers in place......

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[Lucky SOB]

Whats the trick for removing the oil pump pickup bolt?[ATTACH=CONFIG]34953[/ATTACH]

you have to drop the oil pan as far as it goes, then carefully back the bolt out with a 10mm wrench. once it gets finger loose you can do it the rest of the way by hand. it is very nerve racking... have a magnet ready....

[Nocooler]

Oil pump and cam are out. It's time to start cleaning the threads/deck

The oil pump bolt was a breeze - I put a zip tie around it and then clamped my vice grips to the end of the zip tie, and had my pen magnet ready for backup.

[Lucky SOB]

Oil pump and cam are out. It's time to start cleaning the threads/deck

The oil pump bolt was a breeze - I put a zip tie around it and then clamped my vice grips to the end of the zip tie, and had my pen magnet ready for backup.

That's an excellent idea!!!

[Nocooler]

Deck is clean - working on the bolt holes right now.

Any one that doesn't use the ARP thread chaser is nuts - every hole is clean after the 2nd pass, I've ran it through a 3rd time and it's always clean - well worth the $50.

[Nocooler]

Cam, lifters and chain are installed. Oil pump is on but I want to crawl under the car and make sure I didn't pinch the o-ring. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get the oil pump, and pan finished up. Then I can focus on the heads and reassembly of the remaining stuff.

[1BADAIR]

is the pan off?
i like to open up the mounting hole in the pickup at the main cap. helps everything slide together a little easier

[DETROITMUSCLE]

is the pan off?
i like to open up the mounting hole in the pickup at the main cap. helps everything slide together a little easier

yep slot it and have peace of mind.

[Nocooler]

is the pan off?
i like to open up the mounting hole in the pickup at the main cap. helps everything slide together a little easier

Nope - just lowered. Everything seemed to go back together fine, once I go the oil pump clocked right.

[Nocooler]

Doesn't look like I'll be wrenching tonight - damn Oxycontin withdrawal

[Nocooler]

Oil pump,pan, and the drivers side head are installed.

[Nocooler]

Guess I ran out of brake cleaner - so I couldn't clean up the rockers/stands and new pushrods - so I bolted the headers back up

[Formula Z]

nice progress!

you gonna make it out to stanton with us on the 22nd by chance?

[Nocooler]

nice progress!

you gonna make it out to stanton with us on the 22nd by chance?

That would be a little optimistic, but I'll try