Originally Posted by repoman
is it done yet?!?!?!
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Nope but for a good reason.
My out-of-work since November ass finally landed a F/T job. Tech at a Corvette/classic car center. So I can at least pay for all the damn parts/work I've had to do on this Jeep!
The heads are back from the shop BUT my $380 quote turned into $500 when they wouldn't back the rebuilt heads unless they REPLACED EVERY VALVE SEAT on both heads. So I told them to go ahead and I have a 3 yr/100k warranty on the heads.
I've torn down the engine the rest of the way (I had only taken off what I needed to get the heads off previously). The full over-haul kit has been here for about two weeks now. I just bought new plugs/filters/fluids and only have to get a water pump and upper/lower radiator hoses and I'll have ALL the parts. It's a good thing I bought the FULL OVER-HAUL Kit because I found that the timing chain tensioner was broken which I hadn't noticed till I went to take the chains off.
Did a fine hone on all 8 cylinders this week and that was good enough to take the scratch completely out of the bad cylinder so all is good there. I have pistons 1-5 in right now, so I have three to go there.
We have a tropical storm in the gulf and it's been raining off/on here and coupled with working f/t it's killing my work time! Next weekend I have to go up to the farm in Georgia so I won't be able to work on it then. I hope to have it done over the following weekend...
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