Joining the bandwagon, my 4L OHV build

[jd4242]

im pretty sure they were $133 shipped maybe $11 apiece idk.yea knew springs would be cheap

 

[Xeek]

not that bad. ~$450 for it all. thatll be the next purchase.

those rocker arm rods are on there pretty good. was getting late and raining so i didnt get a breaker bar on em. i wanna see which ones are worn/how bad. with those off the springs and pushrods will just come right out?

 

[jd4242]

Pushrods yes springs no.heads have to come off to get them out

 

[Xeek]

more yucky. EVERYTHING is covered in gook, even the bolts

extreme close up of the pushrod from #1. all of em are like this.

 

[Brandon96]

Dang.. Those rockers CAN'T have more than 200k on them (or however much you think you have).

They look brand new compared to mine at 170k :

 

[Xeek]

im at atleast 260k. possibly 360k. so far its looking like he did have a rebuild 36k ago, but went very cheap on parts, 90tms. and neglected the hell out of it and then let it sit for a couple years
im guessing my ticking was the pushrods? being the rockers dont look that bad

 

[Brandon96]

eeehhh I'd wait till you get to your lifters and check them out. You really don't have too much abnormal wear there IMO.

 

[Xeek]

it better not be the damn lifters...... those are way to damn expensive :/

 

[Xeek]

jd, who sells simple green? food lion and wal-mart didnt carry it. or if you know of a better cleaner tell me


heh. those heads on ebay just went 5% off, $114

 

[jd4242]

What those rockers are worn like crazy.look how deep the valve worn into it.Brandons only had like two worn ones,i think all those paint fumes are get to him!!hahahahha what are you trying to degrease?

 

[Xeek]

high on high visability green! lol i couldnt tell i hadnt looked at my new ones since i got them, so i couldnt reemember.
well i took apart the rocker assemblies. i want to clean up all the gook on the rods/springs/other part. and clean other various parts down the road when i get to them.
once i clean them should i rub a little oil on the rod/inside new rockers for lube?


got an answer on the heads. he said 90tm/93tm (ill add a message when paying make sure they say 93tm just incase), and he said $5 off 2nd heads shipping for buying two.
so i think that should be $273 total

 

[jd4242]

Lube is allways your friend!! Thats good man thats a pretty good deal.90/93 are they same head when it comes to aftermarket,as long as it doesnt say 95tm.you should be happy with those heads

 

[Xeek]

Yep. Gonna buy em when I get home.
would the oil be fine as lube? I have a fresh bottle of syn 10w-30

 

[jd4242]

Nope go get some assembly or valve train lube from advance.its normally red and super sticky and slick.its in a little bottle

 

[Xeek]

ok ill pick some up today then. just enough to get the stuff on and wipe off the excess? or leave it on?
do you know who carries simple green? just so i dont drive all over the place

 

[Ronin8002]

Autozone carries it. The one on Dam Neck rd does at least. check the specific store near you on their website and they can tell you if its in stock or not.

 

[Xeek]

i guess youre from around here then too. cool
yea i see mine has some. they dont have any of the 13 lubes listed tho :/

 

[Ronin8002]

Actually I haven't been out there for a while...I just saw that Dam Neck had it on the website lol.

Might come down there to meet up with Boomin to do my gears tho.

 

[91Explored]

I am have just as much fun (NOT) getting my exhaust bolts off. I ended up breaking 1 of them and drilling the other off like you are doing. I removed the plastic liner and way more room to get at them. Both on the pass side exhaust to exhaust manifold. I found that there is a product called studfix that you dont have to drill out the remaining stud in the exhaust manifold. another post on this side mentioned it.

 

[jd4242]

Yea advance has it near your house.dont go crazy with the lube just a nice film.stuff is nasty!!