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[ping23]

my wagon!

let me know how the block is, i was gonna do the same thing, hoping just needed a headgasket, maybe a little machining on the head...damn it! my baby was born this week and i didnt have a sec to get over there! great price, looks awesome!

thats why its in your garage..nice find man, looks good..

[Ghost Shadow]

They were asking $1200, he paid $1K.

thanks for telling everyone for me.

[Ghost Shadow]

ok here is todays progress

valve cover is off

head still in car



yukkie eww, some nasty milk shake


heads off


all these things came out 20 cap looking things and 11 full bolts and 3/4 of another



little bit of this


because i got this


i bought some of these


to get this out



ended up using the titanium bit from dewalt and made a hole and used this black and decker removal tool


now the head goes to the machine shop tomorrow.


depending on what they say, it'll be a $80 mill and deck or a $365 rebuild, i think i'll spring for the rebuild for safe measure.

so blown head gasket is because the head bolt failed. i did hear a jingling noise when i gave it gas. i think the guys that did the timing belt service did not time it right. they did not set the bottom timing mark. i set the cams to the right mark up top assuming the bottom was right. from the picture below it is definatly off

[B Mac]

Must have been driven by a small lady to have seat wear like that. Super clean, nice find Steve!

[Tom.]

I hate you. My dream car if you ever consider selling it let me know! For seriousssss

[gmsgltr]

ummm y? you have a great 00r...

[Burn-E]

ummm y? you have a great 00r...

It haz no third pedal.

[Ghost Shadow]

pictures from last night


with the help of


on this




equals this









Dropped off the intake manifold and valve cover at my alternator/starter rebuilder. he has a nice ceramic cleaning machine and some kind of glass bead polishing thing....i dont wtf he is talking about but he says the valve conver and intake mani will look like new
Dont ask why but i ordered a 200AMP High Output alternator....Just because, LOL. actually, he offered to do that...."Steve, i'll hook it up for you. The usual? 200 ampper?"

New starter and alternator is going in...Just because it is ALOT easier right now. $850 worth of parts was ordered from FCP last night. Blue boxes for the important stuff..water pump, plugs, wires, cap, rotor, pulleys, and heater core. All the rest of the stuff, like the heater in and out hoses, upper and lower rad hoses are might as well stuff...again much easier to do now. This will be a strong strong Stage 0

[lookforjoe]

Very nice wagon! That driver's seat is so clean it doesn't even look as if it was ever farted on.

Dropped off the intake manifold and valve cover at my alternator/starter rebuilder. he has a nice ceramic cleaning machine and some kind of glass bead polishing thing....i dont wtf he is talking about but he says the valve conver and intake mani will look like new

VERY BAD IDEA!!!! Unless he is sealing off the castings to prevent any of that shit getting inside the intake or the cam cover - it will adhere to the casting & let loose when you run the motor - with very detrimental results.

[Ghost Shadow]

Very nice wagon! That driver's seat is so clean it doesn't even look as if it was ever farted on.



VERY BAD IDEA!!!! Unless he is sealing off the castings to prevent any of that shit getting inside the intake or the cam cover - it will adhere to the casting & let loose when you run the motor - with very detrimental results.

yes, asked him about that. it gets cleaned then it gets the beading on the outside.

got alot of parts in.

DO NOT GET THE SILICONE TURBO HOSES FROM FCP. they dont fit for shit.

Today installed

• New In Heater hose
• New Out Heater hose
• New Heater core coupler clips
• New Lower Radiator Hose
• New PCV box
• New Vacuum Hoses

that killed 2 hours! wow, here are some pictures













hopefully i get my alternator, starter, intake mani and valce cover back tomorrow. looks like i will not get the head back tomorrow, maybe monday :/

[lookforjoe]

I would not recommend the cheaper PCV hoses that you have in your pics - the ones I put on my son's XC a few years ago - lasted about 8 months before they dried up & cracked.

What is going on with the bores??



If that's left over chemical from the piston cleaning - I think you need to clean & lubricate those bores ASAP! You don't want any contaminants in the bore hatching - it'll likely bugger your rings in short order.

['93 Dave]

plz dont use the tube that comes with pcv kit. its complete garbage and my tore after 3 months. its the cheapest piece of rubber hose ever. reuse ur old one if u can!!!!!

im talking about the hose thats on the side and connects to the engine block (90degree bend, 2-4" inches long)

(looks like u might have used the old one as i see clamp marks around it)

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[Ghost Shadow]

I would not recommend the cheaper PCV hoses that you have in your pics - the ones I put on my son's XC a few years ago - lasted about 8 months before they dried up & cracked.

What is going on with the bores??



If that's left over chemical from the piston cleaning - I think you need to clean & lubricate those bores ASAP! You don't want any contaminants in the bore hatching - it'll likely bugger your rings in short order.

thats some of the chemical i did lube and clean it like you said. the pcv box is oem volvo the right angle tube is oem volvo only that return back into the block is uro

plz dont use the tube that comes with pcv kit. its complete garbage and my tore after 3 months. its the cheapest piece of rubber hose ever. reuse ur old one if u can!!!!!

i didnt order a pcv kit, ordered it seperatly. the kit comes with the stupid crimp clamp crap. i never use them and i end up buying the worm style clamps. its all oem except the return to the block..

more crap from today 2 hours of nothing much since i have no head, no valve cover, no alternator, no starter...just parts...

so i did

• injector 0 rings top and bottom
• clean the crap out of the windshield cowl
• organized parts and found out i doubled up on some things

under the cowl




injector 0 rings and parts all sorted out.








covered up the block so all that crap from the cowl doesnt end up in the wrong place


hopefully the head gets back tomorrow and then i can start going foward!

[Ghost Shadow]

updates for today. Got my head back! yeah

its like christmas






Installed new head bolts





love my awesome snap-on techwrench electronic torque wrench


spark plug o rings


new spark plugs


new thermostat housing gasket


new water pipe gasket and new ect sensor


new t-stat


so today, t-stat, spark plugs, spark plug o rings, water pipe gasket, ect sensor, thermostat housing gasket, new head bolts,

tomorrow...valve cover, new alternator, new starter, intake mani...

[tizio]

Nice Work Steve, I love your desk( windshield)!!!

[sconeman]

fun fun fun! looking good.

And +1 to never ever using URO plastic anything. I''ve found after two rebuilds all cheaper plastic parts fail in short order ( vac elbows, PVC hose etc) you probably already know that, just putting in my .02 to help people avoid my mistakes. I only use OEM rubber parts now.

[timturbo]

the silcone couplers work they just need some soap they are tight but work great.

[Ghost Shadow]

the silcone couplers work they just need some soap they are tight but work great.

ehh they going back to fcp...thought about, it would be better to do a FMIC setup with a bov shipped for $260 vs fcp silicone for $115

[Ghost Shadow]

got these today

[corivus]

wow those look clean!!! I was thinking of doing that with the other mainfold I had but I think I'm going to be selling it instead