Good Morning CGs!

Well, yesterday was a full day for me. I was up at 6:30 and in the garage at 7:00 working already.

This is what I started with:


Most know I have a superram. It's 5 pieces and a lot of bolts. That's a real pain to install and remove. I have done all of the "tricks" such as using allen caps underneath and slotting the bolt tips to run them up backwards with a screwdriver. Lots of tight working spaces and accessories/lines/etc to pull off. I worked 6 hours until my wife came home with lunch and I stopped here:



Intake was off, pushrods and rockers pulled. I still had to tackle the headers and heads.

After lunch I had to close the pool, though. So I went in the yard with the kids and spent about 3 hours doing that and cleaning up the yard. Wife came home from her errands and I went back in the garage.

The headers on this car are pretty miserable... I used allen cap bolts because there is no clearance. I got the headers disconnected and then went at the heads. I've seen guys who do in-car head swaps on the C4 and I don't think I would ever want to. Miserable job. By the end of the night around 7:00-7:30 I had both heads removed and I had cleaned up my tools, etc.





I think I have about 8-9 hours total in the removal.

I haven't found the "smoking gun" (ha!) yet, but I think it's in the pistons themselves. #6 and #8 were strangely clean near the bottom lip of the piston head, but I'm not sure if that was related to my seafoam less than 50 miles ago.



Next step is pulling the motor. Not sure when that will happen exactly. My buddy said he will tow it to his shop and we'll yank the motor, or another friend has picker at his house that he will bring over. Not sure of the time frame.

I plan on getting the headers coated while they are out. Biggest mistake I ever made with the original build was using non-coated headers. But I was younger with a little less money and didn't think it would be a big deal. It was.

Today is a workout and a Christening later.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Matthew

Wow Matt that is work city......hope you find something conclusive.......

Still stunned silence after another last second heart breaker for the Huskers.....I would rather have had them beat us by 20 points then how that ended......just adds to the fuel of the rivalry between us and the U........there is a team you can love to hate......sorry Tommy I know hate is a strong word but I still can't read or watch anything on the 84 game......still to pissed off......

Big work on trucks yesterday and got a lot done and a bit more today will have them ready to go......until next week......I am sore from crawling around getting that bumper on the thing must have weighed 100 lbs.......ok....80.....

looks better though......


Bad bumper.....




Better bumper.....



Have a nice day off Guru's.....

Well Marcus, that does look nicer with the new one. Then again I don't think the old one was that bad? But I don't know anything about semis. How much does a bumper cost?

Greetings! Had to sleep in to make up for getting up at the crack of 9 yesterday. Chores are pretty much under control, so i imagine I'll be planted in front of the TV today.

Watch out for your knuckles, Matt ;-)

Marcus, if it's any consolation, I'll bet your Huskers looked better in the loss than our Goofers looked in their win. Atrocious. And the Twinkies have picked a bad time to go into a tailspin. The new bumper looks great - bet it is capable of gathering an impressive bug collection!

Enjoy your day, Gurus!

Well the pic does not do the bad bumper justice.....its really bent up.....and we can't have Lola feeling bad.....this is a 10 gauge steel bumper and it cost 386 bucks before taxes.......the next heavier gauge was 600 bucks.....big trucks......big money.......10 gauge is what the stock bumpers are.......they call these a Texas Square bumper.......

You can also see the basic tools for working on Peterbilts.......hammers, impact wrenches, sweat,blood and I was cursing in Mexican before it was over.......

.......yes Brad they really can splatter those pan size hoppers......

......thanks for also trying to console me about the Huskers but really when you go down 2 touchdowns plus in the first quarter you know its going to be a long day........I do feel better the Gophers looked like crap though.....maybe a miracle will happen and we can beat them..............or not......

CLOUDY DAY IN THE NATIONS, IT'S RAINING ON THE CHEROKEES. AND ALSO UPON THE CHOCTAWS, CHICKASAWS, SEMINOLES, CREEKS, COMANCHES, AND FT SILL APACHES:-0

SAW A HEADLINE THAT COMMUNITIES ARE TRYING TO BECOME MO "DEMENTIA FRIENDLY". NO DOUBT THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE OF WASHINGTON D.C.; NOTHING RATIONAL HAS BEEN DONE THERE IN YEARS.

"All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy."

That game certainly had my attention Marcus and all I watched was the 4th quarter. Lots of WTF's going on there.

These players seemed to like it.

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Busy day with lots of crap going on in the background. Not in the mood to list it all.


Matt, that sure is a lot of work to get a little head.

Club hit the dragstrip last Fri night

Didn't run, still breaking in a new wheel bearing.
Need to put some miles on it to get it to last.

Still had fun

hey guys....slept in some this morning, then took #3 and family for breakfast, then headed for the 'city' to do some shopping and pick up the microwave. When we got home I told Rosie I was going to wash the pickup and prep it for the winter. I just about had it washed when she tells me she has called #1 GS over to help me put the microwave in.....so I drop everything on the pickup to install the microwave. So an hour and a half later I get back to the pickup. I clay barred it and applied a coat of Rejex on it. Treated the windows and vacuumed it out and treated the leather. That took the day to do.

My Royals made a huge impact today, hopefully it is the start to post season run.