Picture Thread of Replacing heads
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Well, got everything torn down today.. got the old heads off..Holy crap i had no idea i had to tear down THIS much lol.. everything looked good then i got to the heads.... lol. WOW, the pistons are lookin pretty bad.. The pics pretty much speak for themselves.. The crazy thing is the head gaskets werent that bad, actually no tears.. The heads were cracked though.. ALL the water jackets had coolant..
So.. what is the best way to clean the top of the pistons? The cylinder walls are not scared, the rings are good as well..
(gotta upload pics might take a few min)
So.. what is the best way to clean the top of the pistons? The cylinder walls are not scared, the rings are good as well..
(gotta upload pics might take a few min)
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well got some updates.. Wife's camera died, so i dont have any new pics.. But i got everything back on up to the valve covers.. Tomorrow i should be able to finish stuff up in a couple hours..
Went to get oil and figured i would treat the old girl to some of the best.. Royal purple 5W30. Fram Tough Gaurd oil filter and for the coolant, got one bottle of Royal Ice coolant addative..
Also got new Motorcraft platinum plugs.. Cannot wait to get her all together and start her up!
Went to get oil and figured i would treat the old girl to some of the best.. Royal purple 5W30. Fram Tough Gaurd oil filter and for the coolant, got one bottle of Royal Ice coolant addative..
Also got new Motorcraft platinum plugs.. Cannot wait to get her all together and start her up!
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Oh, and i went to put one of the heads on, And heard a rattle.. So i messed with it a little and a half-dollar size piece of casting fell out of the heads!!! I was VERY pissed to say the least.. Obviously alabama cylinder head doesnt have quality control or mine just slipped through the cracks..
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wait since u got the heads off, roll the engine via crank and rachet, see if there is ne movement in the pistons, calling for bad rings, also, look in detail to the liners, check for crosshatching, its small identical grooves in the cylinder, if those are worn out, time for a new long blck, but might as well check it since uve gotten this far, port and polish the intake also....
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Went to get oil and figured i would treat the old girl to some of the best.. Royal purple 5W30. Fram Tough Gaurd oil filter and for the coolant, got one bottle of Royal Ice coolant addative..
Also got new Motorcraft platinum plugs.. Cannot wait to get her all together and start her up!
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If I were you, I would put Motorcraft oil and a motorcraft filter in it. It's what came on the truck and it's not going to hurt it. Then again, I like OEM parts....
Whatever you decide to use (stick with whatever you use from now on), buy two of the same filters and 10 quarts of oil. Put the new filter on and the new oil in it. Run it at IDLE for 15-20 minutes. DO NOT REV IT. Let it circulate throughout the engine then drain the oil and remove the filter and then refill it with the rest of the oil you bought and the other filter. Then change it again at 3k miles with the same oil and filter.
Whatever you decide to use (stick with whatever you use from now on), buy two of the same filters and 10 quarts of oil. Put the new filter on and the new oil in it. Run it at IDLE for 15-20 minutes. DO NOT REV IT. Let it circulate throughout the engine then drain the oil and remove the filter and then refill it with the rest of the oil you bought and the other filter. Then change it again at 3k miles with the same oil and filter.
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wait since u got the heads off, roll the engine via crank and rachet, see if there is ne movement in the pistons, calling for bad rings, also, look in detail to the liners, check for crosshatching, its small identical grooves in the cylinder, if those are worn out, time for a new long blck, but might as well check it since uve gotten this far, port and polish the intake also....
? time for a new long block? because you could def just go out and get it punched ten over and re hatch it with a reem and new pistions that are 10 over
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If I were you, I would put Motorcraft oil and a motorcraft filter in it. It's what came on the truck and it's not going to hurt it. Then again, I like OEM parts....
Whatever you decide to use (stick with whatever you use from now on), buy two of the same filters and 10 quarts of oil. Put the new filter on and the new oil in it. Run it at IDLE for 15-20 minutes. DO NOT REV IT. Let it circulate throughout the engine then drain the oil and remove the filter and then refill it with the rest of the oil you bought and the other filter. Then change it again at 3k miles with the same oil and filter.
Whatever you decide to use (stick with whatever you use from now on), buy two of the same filters and 10 quarts of oil. Put the new filter on and the new oil in it. Run it at IDLE for 15-20 minutes. DO NOT REV IT. Let it circulate throughout the engine then drain the oil and remove the filter and then refill it with the rest of the oil you bought and the other filter. Then change it again at 3k miles with the same oil and filter.
Fram is all they carry at AAFES over here.. So thats what i have to get.. I get the best FRAM filter they carry, which i know is still pretty bad..
Truck wasnt burning oil before.. The only place the truck was loosing oil ( and just enough to show) was the valve covers. Which that wasnt even enough to show up on the dipstick..
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woooooohhh.. i cannot afford to spend another 50 bucks on oil just to drain it in 15 min lol... Do I have to do this? I know the guys at the shop told me to crank it over without any spark to get the oil up in the heads and everything, but didnt say anything about doing that with new oil, then draining it then putting new oil in it again..
Fram is all they carry at AAFES over here.. So thats what i have to get.. I get the best FRAM filter they carry, which i know is still pretty bad..
Truck wasnt burning oil before.. The only place the truck was loosing oil ( and just enough to show) was the valve covers. Which that wasnt even enough to show up on the dipstick..
Fram is all they carry at AAFES over here.. So thats what i have to get.. I get the best FRAM filter they carry, which i know is still pretty bad..
Truck wasnt burning oil before.. The only place the truck was loosing oil ( and just enough to show) was the valve covers. Which that wasnt even enough to show up on the dipstick..
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well good news and bad news....
Got the truck all buttoned up, fired her up and shes leaking... Cant tell if its from the heads or lower intake manifold, but she is def. leaking.. And on the way home i heard a really loud clunking coming from the rear end.. So she leaks and she has a new clunking noise in the rear.. GREAT!
Got the truck all buttoned up, fired her up and shes leaking... Cant tell if its from the heads or lower intake manifold, but she is def. leaking.. And on the way home i heard a really loud clunking coming from the rear end.. So she leaks and she has a new clunking noise in the rear.. GREAT!
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