6 June 2016 - Machine shop

I contacted the machine shop today and the machinist let me know that the cylinder heads were ok and can be used for the rebuild.  He said he will be working on the heads this week and might have them ready by next week.

I stopped by the machine shop today and dropped off the block, crank,crank caps, pistons/rods to have them checked.  The machinist checked the block and found that the block and pistons are at a standard bore.

5 June 2016 - hardware cleanup - headers

I picked up a rust remover called Krudd Kutter to see how well that would remove rust from the headers.  I have been working on one exhaust header so far to see how this will work.

That stuff works pretty good.  But to do a thorough job I need to get a larger quantity and put the header in the fluid rather than wipe it on and off. 

3 June 2016 - cleanup of various hardware - headers

Although the headers are about 12 years old, they are in very good shape.  The paint has faded long ago but the tubing is intact just rust covered.  I have spent the last couple of days cleaning up the headers so that I can then get a primer coat on them and then a final coat.

31 May 2016 - cylinder heads - machine shop

I dropped off the cylinder heads at the machine shop to get them checked.  The machinist said he would pressure check the heads to determine their status.  Hopefully he has good news...

30 May 2016 - short block clean up/prep

I think I have the short block at a point now that I can bag it and take it to the machine shop.  I cleaned up the block as best as I could.  I used dawn dish soap and a scouring pad to clean up the oil pan area of the block and the painted areas of the block.  After spending about an hour and a half cleaning the block I put WD-40 everywhere on the block, just for good measure.

While cleaning up the short block I noticed some strange marks on the inside of cylinders 1 and 7.  The markings are dark and can actually be felt.  They did not clean up or clear when I used the scouring pad so I don't know what those marks mean, hopefully nothing serious but I won't know till the machine shop does their voodoo.

While I had some free time I also thought I would take a closer look at the C4 transmission.  I thought I could seperate the bell housing from the case without disturbing the rest of the transmission.  Well after unbolting the bell housing and then pulling, the transmission internals went external...or as much that could, did.  So I changed my plans and put back what I could.  I had planned on taking the transmission the transmission shop anyways...

29 May 2016 - Tools - Stuff

Stopped by HB on saturday and picked up a few tools for this project.  Picked up a 3/8" driver/drill, 3/8" impact wrench, wood dolly for the transmission and a nitride drill bit set.

The block is now ready to be dropped off at the machine shop.

These are now ready for the machine shop

29 May 2016 - tear down cont'd

Part number of roller cam