Today was a bad day for progress.
For work, the network locked up twice, reducing my case count. I managed 62 cases and didn't make 70.
Got the car up on ramps but tried replacing the freeze plug and failed this evening. Weather changed, wind picked up and got colder. Then I got completely soaked on top by radiator fluid and wound up lying in a pool underneath. Couldn't reach the freeze plug from the top well enough to remove it. So, had to let the fluid dry out and work on it more tomorrow. The freeze plug is hard to reach because it's roughly behind and above the oil filter housing. Just barely enough room to remove it without pulling the oil filter housing.
Figured out that replacing the hydraulic lifters is going to be a much bigger job than I thought. I was thinking this engine had overhead cam, which it does not. Instead, I'll have to remove the intake manifold and everything attached to it. In short, it's at least two days of work. Not going to finish it this week. May have to wait until I can move my schedule back another hour or two. If I'm going to go that far with it, I'll replace all of them to avoid having to take the engine apart again at any later date. What I will do this week is replace all of the push rods, in case any of them are severely bent or overly worn. Who knows? Maybe that will fix the problem. (Not counting on it.) Can also check the springs and retainers.
For work, the network locked up twice, reducing my case count. I managed 62 cases and didn't make 70.
Got the car up on ramps but tried replacing the freeze plug and failed this evening. Weather changed, wind picked up and got colder. Then I got completely soaked on top by radiator fluid and wound up lying in a pool underneath. Couldn't reach the freeze plug from the top well enough to remove it. So, had to let the fluid dry out and work on it more tomorrow. The freeze plug is hard to reach because it's roughly behind and above the oil filter housing. Just barely enough room to remove it without pulling the oil filter housing.
Figured out that replacing the hydraulic lifters is going to be a much bigger job than I thought. I was thinking this engine had overhead cam, which it does not. Instead, I'll have to remove the intake manifold and everything attached to it. In short, it's at least two days of work. Not going to finish it this week. May have to wait until I can move my schedule back another hour or two. If I'm going to go that far with it, I'll replace all of them to avoid having to take the engine apart again at any later date. What I will do this week is replace all of the push rods, in case any of them are severely bent or overly worn. Who knows? Maybe that will fix the problem. (Not counting on it.) Can also check the springs and retainers.
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