- Wed May 25, 2011 3:19 am
#256680
Just so y'all know...
SHE LIVES AND BREATHES FIRE ONCE AGAIN!!!
Quick overview of what I did:
Tuesday 17May:
Removed the head.
Removed the valves.
Determined which valves were bent; #2 cylinder inboard intake and outboard exhaust valves, exhaust valve stem has a 10 degree tilt to it...
Wednesday 18May:
Removed the rocker shaft oil orifices.
Removed the rocker shafts and rocker arms.
Removed the lost motion assemblies.
Took the head to the machine shop and learned that all 8 exhaust guides were worn beyond limits, but the 6 intake guides that I didn't plan on replacing were still good.
Total work to be performed:
Mill 0.003".
Remove 8 worn exhaust valve guides.
Remove 2 worn intake valve guides.
Install 8 new exhaust and 2 new intake valve guides.
Cut the valve seats for all 10 valves.
Thursday 19May:
Cleaned carbon chunks off of the pistons.
Cleaned intake manifold mating surface.
Cleaned engine block mating surface.
Installed ARP head studs.
Friday 20May:
Recieved the head from the machine shop.
Installed the valves and associated parts.
Saturday 21May:
Installed lost motion assemblies.
Installed rocker arms, rocker shafts, and rocker shaft oil orifices.
Installed intake manifold.
Lowered head gasket into place.
Lowered head into place.
Torqued head to ARP spec @ 80lbf ft.
I ran into some trouble installing the cams onto the head. While trying to torque the cam cap bolts down, I managed to stretch the first bolt. When I pulled the bolt out, I noticed a small fracture in the bolt itself and commenced to break the bolt with the index finger, middle finger, and thumb of my right hand. SOOOOO glad that bolt didn't break off inside the head...
So I stopped working Saturday night at 10pm because of that bolt. Didn't want to try to go any further for fear of fucking more shit up due to my own fatigue...
Sunday 22May:
Got all new bolts for the cam caps.
Torqued down the cams.
Set timing.
Adjusted the valves.
Installed VTEC solenoid, water sensors, distributor, hoses and lines, and everything else that I had removed on Tuesday of last week.
Got everything installed and set perfect to start up Sunday night, then found that I was ONE EFFING HOSE CLAMP SHORT!!! I had no idea where it was, and it was 10:30pm by the time I noticed so everywhere was closed and my WalMart didn't have any hose clamps.
Monday 23May:
Got the hose clamp.
Filled the radiator.
Started the engine, and leak checked everything while bleeding the cooling system.
Small leak from the VC gasket and VTEC solenoid gasket, but that will be fixed this weekend. I still have a small coolant leak, but I can't find it for the life of me! It's not the upper or lower radiator hoses, those got replaced. Not the #1 or #2 heater hose, or the small length between the water valve and the firewall. Not the radiator itself... I'm going to do some more searching this weekend, or maybe tomorrow if I'm not too beat after work.
Otherwise, she drives great! Power delievery is smooth and predictable just as it should be from the factory. VTEC crossover is SUPER smooth. I can still feel the crossover, but not nearly as much or as notchy as it was before the repair.
I'm very pleased with the work done by the machine shop. Compression test shows 228psi across a four cylinders.
Hi, I'm John. I'm a hacky sackin', rock climbin', scuba divin', aircraft mechanic.