Head Gasket Repair starts this weekend

[dieselson]

Well, after 1 year and 3 months its finally happening, we are getting the head gaskets changed, and putting in studs. We have Dimitri from Utah coming down to show us how its done , and damn his truck is fast we saw a truck with a PPE sticker on the 55 freeway and decided to race him from the first light, and we smoked him :rofl: He is gonna help us yank the motor, take the heads off and inspect all damage, and see if we need any other work. Hopefully it will be done within 2 weeks. Can't wait to start racing again I will try to post pics if possible. Can anyone else best 1 year and 3 months on blown hgs?

 

[ruffmanatv]

I know I am new here, but from what I have read this was a long bit overdue.....Good luck.

 

[LBZrcks]

Good Luck!

 

[paint94979]

Well, after 1 year and 3 months its finally happening, we are getting the head gaskets changed, and putting in studs. We have Dimitri from Utah coming down to show us how its done , and damn his truck is fast we saw a truck with a PPE sticker on the 55 freeway and decided to race him from the first light, and we smoked him :rofl: He is gonna help us yank the motor, take the heads off and inspect all damage, and see if we need any other work. Hopefully it will be done within 2 weeks. Can't wait to start racing again I will try to post pics if possible. Can anyone else best 1 year and 3 months on blown hgs?

AWESOME Drew... congrats on getting your truck back up and running fast

 

[Kat]

:fluffy:

 

[ripmf666]

Have fun why are you pulling motor you building it while your at it ?

 

[dieselson]

Eh no, don't have that kind of money, i wish tho

 

[JOHNBOY]

Pulling the motor is really not bad at all. Much easier then doing the gaskets in the the truck IMHO.

Good luck guys!

 

[slowlmm]

Pulling the motor is really not bad at all. Much easier then doing the gaskets in the the truck IMHO.

Good luck guys!

x2

 

[ripmf666]

x3 would suck doing the studs lol

 

[malibu795]

good luck drew and paul have fun :hug:

 

[SBCNX20]

And I thought I was bad! LOL Hell Ive only gone several months.


03-23-2008, 06:58 PM SBCNX20
Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006
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Coolant Issue

I have a new problem, today while on a Easter Hell ride, my truck decided to spit some coolant out the overflow tube. Hmmmmmmmmmmm Does this sound as bad as I think. Oil looks clean but Im thinking head gasket?? This has never happened before. Im gonna put a pressure tester on it tomorrow.

 

[LarryJewell]

Well, after 1 year and 3 months its finally happening, we are getting the head gaskets changed, and putting in studs. We have Dimitri from Utah coming down to show us how its done , and damn his truck is fast we saw a truck with a PPE sticker on the 55 freeway and decided to race him from the first light, and we smoked him :rofl: He is gonna help us yank the motor, take the heads off and inspect all damage, and see if we need any other work. Hopefully it will be done within 2 weeks. Can't wait to start racing again I will try to post pics if possible. Can anyone else best 1 year and 3 months on blown hgs?

Thats a long time to go with bad head gaskets, good luck getting it back up and running

 

[The Neens]

Good luck guys, hope it goes smooth for ya...

 

[super diesel]

Good luck to you guys. Make sure to check that the pistons come above the deck. Your dad has been running it pretty hard. You may consider pulling it out to do those questionable pins in the cam and crank any way. Well worth the piece of mind. Replace the rocker shaft bolts with some grade 8 units as well at a minimum (cheap insurance).

 

[dieselson]

Good luck to you guys. Make sure to check that the pistons come above the deck. Your dad has been running it pretty hard. You may consider pulling it out to do those questionable pins in the cam and crank any way. Well worth the piece of mind. Replace the rocker shaft bolts with some grade 8 units as well at a minimum (cheap insurance).

I'll look into that, because we are definetly gonna pull it. Here's a pic of the parts pile :angel:

 

[Dan@PPE]

bout time....

 

[dieselson]

Here's the progress so far

 

[dieselson]

More progress, we've pretty much got it ready for the engine to come out

 

[LBZrcks]

More progress, we've pretty much got it ready for the engine to come out

Nice! did you guys start today?