TOP END REFINISHING

[Schrade]

Finish forward end; Shop-Vac to pull some loose bolt head jam



Wrap some steel wool around the A/C lines...



Is there some filter / membrane in this opening? It's some kind of spongy mass, and looks full of cheesy motor nasties... I was about to put the SV to the opening. Anyone?



Next up; get the Campbell's Chunky-Style juice from the SP wells...

[Dynomite]

Cam Cover Filter

But....you have to remove Cam Covers to install the Cam Cover FIlters.

There is a wire clip that holds the Cam Cover Filters in place in their respective slot in the cam covers (inside the Cam Covers). The wire clip extends through two small holes in the slot sides to keep the filter positioned to the top of the Cam Cover.

I have removed Cam Covers and painted them with engine in car

[Schrade]

More Gloss Red ?

Does anyone have painting / Powder coating on their aluminum piping? Like the CC vent pipes on back of the IH's? Or the vent pipes connected to the Cam Cover fronts? Or even the skinny coolant pipes that 'T' from the plenum???

Cliff? Got snappics of colored lines?

[Dynomite]

Originally Posted by Schrade

More Gloss Red ?

Does anyone have painting / Powder coating on their aluminum piping? Like the CC vent pipes on back of the IH's? Or the vent pipes connected to the Cam Cover fronts? Or even the skinny coolant pipes that 'T' from the plenum???

Cliff? Got snappics of colored lines?

I just shine them up with steel wool since there are hoses attached.....but I also think they get powder coated with the Plenum or painted with the Plenum. Makes not much difference on those lines which ever is your preference.

[Schrade]

Originally Posted by Dynomite

Cam Cover Filter

But....you have to remove Cam Covers to install the Cam Cover FIlters.

There is a wire clip that holds the Cam Cover Filters in place in their respective slot in the cam covers (inside the Cam Covers). The wire clip extends through two small holes in the slot sides to keep the filter positioned to the top of the Cam Cover.

I have removed Cam Covers and painted them with engine in car

Good stuff there Cliff; I missed this before...

It is important to install the correct filter as a replacement. Material that is too loose will capture less oil vapor than necessary. Material that is too dense will cause crankcase pressurization. Excessive crankcase pressure will often cause oil to be ejected from the dipstick tube.

More on this later here...............

[Dynomite]

Originally Posted by Schrade

Good stuff there Cliff; I missed this before...


More on this later here...............

PCV system (Need for Oil Catch Can)

Removing Cam Cover and Camshaft Timing Inspection

Cam Covers (Filters and Wear Strips)

[Schrade]

I'm not gonna' pull the cam covers. I'm in deep enough, and hardly knew what I was doing to start with. Really.

But the vent system has me intrigued. Something about all those vapors coming through that little filter membrane. I'm gonna' investigate routing them, joined, up front, to the K & N, to be the 'catch can', if possible...

Opinions hereof???

So if there was any question about the Red coolant manifolds being obnoxiously Red (never could decide about etching color), I answered THAT question with the brush last night.

yeah - there's a couple of glossy pipes in there SOMEwhere:



And I'm here ta' tell ya'; mixing the hardener / paint brew is gettin' old.......................

[carter200]

[QUOTE=Schrade;187487]So if there was any question about the Red coolant manifolds being obnoxiously Red (never could decide about etching color), I answered THAT question with the brush last night.
QUOTE]

Your last email left the engraving to be painted in Yellow bowtie and black LT-5. Anything change since then............

[Schrade]

Originally Posted by Paul Workman

A word of caution on the heat sink goop application:



It needs to coat 100%, as mentioned, but very thin - so thin that you can just see the aluminum through the grease.



AND! Be double damn sure you don't have anything like a grain of sand between the DIS module and the plenum; it is a killer, and the module is near unobtainable! In fact, unless there is some reason you must remove it...don't.



Just sayin...

Got it there Mr. W; trust that I work STERILE as possible... If a bolt goin' in the hole hits grit, it comes back out and it and the hole gets re-done...

Originally Posted by carter200

Yellow bowtie with black LT 5, if you can do it there Carter; I just thought more about it, and never decided either way here...

Out of town now...................................

WHat adhesive is best for re-attaching the C4 emblem to the CC???

[Z06scentair]

Man your doing a great job. Try some of that two part epoxy to glue that emblem back down. Read the labels on the epoxy at the local car parts store. Surely they have something that will bond plastic to lumineee