More disassembly fun(EM leak)
james accordino
ssgacc at yahoo.com
Wed Oct 4 18:56:00 EDT 2000
Sorry bout that. 3 yr. old likes pressing buttons.
Anyway, more disassembly today. Had an EM leak.
Started small, but had gotten like a truck lately.
Did the cyl. head about 10k ago. EM got new gaskets,
correct studs, washers, nuts, etc. Motor mount is
new, heat shield good, cool air hose in place.
Fearing the worst anyway. Turns out that BOTH
fasteners (studs, nuts, everything including the
gasket) are gone from cyl. #5. About 3k after I did
the head, I had a small exhaust tick. #1 cylinder
studs had backed out. Nuts were fast, but both studs
were loose in head. I think I will install all the
studs with Loctite blue this time. Never had this
happen before, except on small block Chevy with
headers. I had to safety wire those on. Anyone else
have new studs loosen from the head?
Jim Accordino
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