This saturday I got a ring compressor at the local autozone.
Guess what, it was broken. I repaired it and then I was
able to put all the pistons back in, with the new rings.
The two closer to the firewall were a pain to remove
initially, and to retorque were equally hard to access.
I put back the head on and the way I did this was to
first put the exhaust rings on the head, put the
exhaust gasket on the head, put the head gasket on the
engine. I put the head on the engine at an angle, to
fit the chain back on the shaft, and standing over
the engine compartment (1 foot on the firewall side,
one just in front of the radiator), I moved the head
in position. That way I was able to do the job alone
and effortlessly (I had removed it by standing next
to the car and lifting the head at the end of my arms).
I torqued the head and started bolting back the
exhaust manifold. Next operation will be to put back
the oil pan, then bolt everything under the car, and
finally the intake manifold and all the various little
parts. Should be done any day now if it can stop
raining and the temperature goes back to the 60s
we had on saturday (now in the 30s).
Tools I've had to use in the disassembly and of course
for reassembly up to now:
15mm and 16mm crowfeet sockets
9 to 19mm sockets and spanners
1 10/13mm angled spanner
1 17mm angled spanner
long breaker bar
short and medium sized ratchets plus extensions
dyno ratchet
4 jack stands
2 hydraulic jacks
1 mechanical jack
cable
1 40 ounces hammer
1 5 pound mallet
1 wooden block
1 rubber
1 ring compressor
1 screwdriver
1 marker
1 micrometer
1 multiple gauge
1 level
1 scrapper
1 hand pump
1 knife
1 spark plug socket
1 vise grip
rags, degreasers, cleaners etc
oil, SiO2 paste, marvel mystery oil
and probably a few other tools I'm forgetting
Ciao,
Francois Dion (francois@hyperreal.org)
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