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Xmas in April - just got ALL my parts!!


e-tek

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Don't you love the time when you order all the parts for your restoration and they finally show up? It's definitely my favourite part of a build and one I save for the time I have to block sand the car - just to get me excited and past the drudgery of sanding primer!

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Weeeeeeeeee! :love:

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The only bit that didn't show yet was the seat upholstery - soon I guess - not that I'll need it for a year or so! Allso, I got the cut pile carpet, but there was a choice of loop as well - maybe I should have gone with that - more original. I was just afraid of it fraying.

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Cleaned up and re-installed the head today -

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After utilizing all these tools to clean the surfaces I went over the head and block surface with a hard block and 220 paper -

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I couldn't believe what happened next: as I went to blow the junk off and out off the heads orifices, a good amount of OLD GAS came out of the three valve pockets whose intake valves were closed. This is a car that has sat for 15 years, before being torn apart and being apart, for another 3 years! It certainly shows some very WELL-SEALED valves!!:cool:

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A little oil squirted into each cylinder to guard against a dry start...

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A little sealant at the front cover joints -

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and the new gasket -

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Torquing it down -

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Looking better!

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A friend of mine dropped off this Kleen Flo parts bucket he wasn't using, so I threw the SU's in there before their rebuild - Thanks Trent!

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