No, its a Chevy Corsica. Was my sons car.

I have used a bunch of methods, all depends on the situation; a scraper and sharpen it by hand to make sure there are no burs on it. wet/dry sand paper in the 440 grit range works well, a chemical in a can called "gasket remover" works well too, razor blade, wire whel on my drill, heck even the tip of a screwdriver works when your in the middle of no where. The key is not to gouge the maitng surface, and to make sure you have all the old gasket material off.

 

Hey, at least you don't have to take the heads off a 572. HEAVY

 

Starkville, MS is only 250 some miles from mei have been up there befor

but i don think i will be able to make it up there

but if i could i would help

 

hey guys, sorry no one has heard back from me... ive been busy getting school started and stuff.

chevy lover, thats starkville mississippi

ive gotten the heads back on, and started geting them torqued down... gonna try to get it finished today.

any other pieces of advice?

 

Vancouver , Canada is a long way from Mississipi...lol

You have the torque specs? The bolts should be tightened in 3 stages.
First Pass in Sequence
26 lb ft

Second Pass in Sequence
44 lb ft

Final Pass in Sequence
66 lb ft

Sounds like you know what you're doing.....carry on.
Keep us up to date.

 

Im trying... got the truck back together, save the upper intake and accessories and stuff. gonna try to get her back on the road by midweek or so.

 

Did your oil look like this????



How about the inside of the engine?



I on the other hand, created that mess with an over eager drill bit. Sorry for the highjack.

Now back to your thread.......

Good luck, I hope you get her fixed.

 

pretty close... it was more under the valve covers than anywhere else... Im so excited-will finish it tomorrow, come hell or high water.

anyone down for a road trip? Gotta do something for my 24th....

 

Did you get her done?

 

hey guys, i need some urgent help-im hooking all the wiring up, and am having some trouble - where did the connector for the dist come from? What does it look like? if someone had a pic of both, that would be great.

I'm begging, please help me.

-Michael