baccaruda66

I see that you solved the tie rod issue

:cornfuzz: OK, it's your money :moon:

I'm going to get a new thermosensor for the new radiator for the new skeet's new car. It will have a hitachi carbureted SPFI long block - furture weber conversion - and a 180 deg. thermostat, with two electric fans on the radiator. i don't know what the stock sensor is set at, but either way i'd like a reccommendation for the one this engine will like best? thanks

oh, you want a 5 speed D/R hooked up to an EA81? you need the clutch disc (and TOB?) for the 5 speed tranny (the rest of the clutch stuff should be for an EA81 manual , you need the manual driveshaft shortened a certain amount (54mm?), and you should get Jerry to make you his mounting adapter kit. He has a one piece driveline instead of a modified two piece driveline on his car that i've seen this on.

my car has a digidash, but when i have the headlights on, it is more likely to read high. I think i have a bad ground somewhere. Maybe you have a similar problem.. do you drive with the lights on in the day?

my kung fu grip is a little .. not there. i'm going to jack my dad's air compressor and get a small inspection mirror.. best i can do. if nothing else i'll buy you the FIRST engine

well. it's off. lots of hacksawing involved. screw extractor was worthless. ended up sawing the intake off leaving the water neck and of course the part bolted to the head. i didn't mention that i pounded the hell out of it the other day, so i didn't bother with any more of that today. finally got sick of hacksawing and drilling and grabbed the new prybar set i grabbed at sears yesterday; didn't do TOO much prying with them yesterday but i just decided "screw it" and it took a lot, but it finally popped off. oh, yeah, this was after i sawed laterally thru the intake and the bolt halfway, too, so it had less of itself to grab. the stud came out easily.. no surprise there between a half can of PBBlaster and all the wiggling I did. I expect the threads will be OK (bought a 1.25 tap today to chase all 6 of them) but .... there's a crapload of metal shavings in the intake port from the hacksawing... I can flush out the coolant port easily with a hose before the new water pump goes on, but i'm worried about all the metal shavings in the intake port. should i even bother to try cleaning it out, or am i just asking for a bunch of valve problems if i try to clean it and run it? I can eat the money i paid Bob for this engine and get another one if i have to. thanks very much to all.

hi guys. thanks for the replies. the head and top 3 mm of the bolt shaft are what snapped off. i can't unscrew the whole intake as the bellhousing is in the way. I spent ALL DAY so far dealing with this and haven't even gotten my hands dirty yet .. YESTERDAY I spent 5 hours tracking some bandwidth hijacker that prevented me from using my internet last night (note to self: Norton Personal Firewall only works when it's INSTALLED on the computer, not SITTING onthe computer waiting for said installation) .. this AM, didn't get up too late (my usual mistake ) but i went to Mom's to grab some extra bolts from my planned XT intake swap, had to help my brother cart a shelf and a dresser outside as he's moving, and hit the hardware store across the arterial.. they didn't have the right size screw extractor.. i went PAST Lowe's, because they suck, to Home Despot, looked around, and because I hadn't eaten yet, decided for some reason that it would be better to go back to Lowe's.. got the extractor and a hacksaw and NEEDED to eat by this point.. and you know how it is when you're too hungry.. nothing sounds good.. except Burritos! I had to arrive there (on the way home at least) to find that they're closed Sunday. On the way home I had to power brake to avoid a car full of stupid old ladies who ran a yield sign, when I was on their right, no less (note to self: quit driving when I'm too old to drive), and the crap in the back of my car went everywhere.. SNAP. got home, slammed the car doors, slammed them again for good measure, went in, and passed out for a half hour. So I went back out, ate a bagel and the girl at the Rocket bakery was all flirty, and I'm going to go teach that bolt a lesson. THE MORAL OF THE STORY: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And install a freakin firewall.

************************************************ EDIT there's a crapload of metal shavings in the intake port from the hacksawing... I can flush out the coolant port easily with a hose before the new water pump goes on, but i'm worried about all the metal shavings in the intake port. should i even bother to try cleaning it out, or am i just asking for a bunch of valve problems if i try to clean it and run it? I can eat the money i paid Bob for this engine and get another one if i have to. thanks very much to all. ******************************************* I had a head snap off of an intake bolt. used PBBlaster and lots of patience on all of them, and of course it had to be the last one, and it had to be on the long block I want to use instead of the disposable one.. it snapped off right away at the head of the bolt, though, so i don't think it really had a chance. whoever designed those to go through cooling passages should have an engine block thrown at their head.. I have some wiggle with the intake but I'm worried about damaging the threads in the head as the bolt in the intake isn't turning, rather, the whole intake is turning along the threads in the head. anyway, i'm considering a few things: hacksaw through the intake (aluminum is soft!) next to the bolt, then the intake will easily slide off? or.. screw extractor into the bolt.. i'm not to enthusiastic about this though.. see the "wiggle" paragraph above. I'd be open to doing this after the hacksaw thing though. Also, will I want to helicoil the head if the threads look whacky? thanks.. Andy 509-263-3853 .. i can carry the phone outside but not the puter oh, and i don't have a torch so applying heat will have to be limited to pouring lighter fluid on it and tossing a match.. not my first preference