It's progressing again. I've been balancing working on the white car and the black one. I took the engine off of the transmission and took it to the machine shop to verify flatness. They measured the block to be within 1.5 thou and the head was out by 9 thou. I decided to have them clean, machine, and vacuum check the head. They ended up taking 10 thou off. So it's on the way back together. I'll have it done soon and we'll see how it runs.
If you're separating the engine: Remove the starter, alternator, grounding wires, and bolts around the transmission/block.
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I broke this bracket that is fastened to the engine block and transfer case, near the passenger side axle. I've been having a hell of a time finding a replacement. It seemed to break very easily. Still working on getting a replacement.
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Here is a shot of the transmission with the engine removed. You can see all the bolts sticking out that I had to remove. They are different lengths so pay attention to where they go back into place.
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Here is a shot of the head that was resurfaced. In the lower right, its says 010 indicating 10 thousandths was taken off.
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The two dowel pins are reinstalled and the new head gasket is placed. There is a right and wrong way to put on the head gasket. It needs to go on as shown in this photo or the photo in the service manual.
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I could not find replacement head bolts so I checked for deformation per the service manual. All checked out OK and I reinstalled them. The torque spec on in the service manual calls for degrees of rotation so I had to buy an angle torque wheel to finish torquing the bolts. I think it was 15lb lb ft -> 29.5 lb ft -> 60 degrees -> 80 degrees.
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II have to clean up the old silicon gasket remnants and then can finish reassembly.
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