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FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

Grey in the Bin and a Chev in !!!!

Greg

I’m just wondering whether the ute is going east in June or rattler?


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

Errol62 wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:22 pm I’m just wondering whether the ute is going east in June or rattler?

Ute is coming east this year

Had a go at it yesterday arvo, after cleaning up the block , running a tap through the head bolt holes and drilling holes for the improved cooling head gasket - thanks again Harv - I unwrapped the bottom of the head , gave it a squirt of Hylomar , along with the block and the head gasket , cleaned up the head bolts and threw the head on . When I unwrapped the rest of the head I realised the bloody thing was not painted , too late so on it went. I then spent the rest of the afternoon chasing around for a can of grey engine enamel
Ended up getting one mixed at my favourite paint shop so this arvo I masked it up and painted it. While I was doing that my mate Mick was cleaning up some of the crap on the carbies, they have been filthy for years - there’s a reason why you never see the bonnet open on my ute at shows
Anyway he cleaned them up nice so I went the extra mile with a mild case of CDO and masked them off and repainted the linkages and pulled all the screws out and painted them as well. Kept plugging away at it and now it’s all back together, just need some coolant in the morning and fire it up

Wrote the last post on explorer not Tapatalk so I couldn’t put pics on ….




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FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

Took her on a club run up to York today, ran like a top



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Good news

Cheers,
Harv

Sweet.


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

Nice work Blacky, did it run a few degrees cooler with the different head gasket?

No not really, its also PISSING out oil , will have a look at it tomorrow , think its the sideplate.

Hmmmm……. Not good.

So had a crack at fixing the FB Valdez today, whipped the side plate off and found a dag from the head gasket sticking out , figured that had to be the problem

Cleaned up all the surfaces, and the old oil that was everywhere, carefully reassembled it all , did a rocker set, fitted my new sway bar , did an oil change, topped up the gearbox, and kicked her in the guts.







Still leaking the bastard- but not as much




So I cleaned off the new rocker cover gasket, scrubbed the sealing surfaces with a scouring pad dipped in prepsol , checked the rocker cover with a straightedge and carefully reassembled it, let the sealant dry and tried it again- and the bastard is STILL leaking




Time for a red motor/5 speed conversion methinks ……….. fuggin grey motors ……


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Always remember the Plumber's Creed:

Do your best.
Silastic the rest.

Cheers,
Harv