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hey guys, im tidying up this engine im throwing in the truck, wanting your point of veiw ....200k engine

im doing gaskets cambelt w/pump, the engine is quite dirty and exhaust studs are rusted to shit, leaning to the option of doin the head gaskets now before i end up cracking a head later on, does this sound like a good idea?

i was planning on a simple unbolt clean up and fit new h/gaskets and put it back together, this sound dodgy? (in my thughts as the headgaskets are fine at this stage i shouldnt need to get the heads planned unless i see them in a bad condition once removed


let us know your thaughts

cheers again
sam.

I would have thought to leave it alone but if you do take them off i'd get a valve grind anyway. But $ can get carried away and since the vehicle owes you very little, you could just plonk it in and drive?

its hard to decide how far to take it... it will be never ending i spose but i dont want to be out thrashing it on a track and cook it to find myself forking out for a rebuild or another engine

Well, why not pull it apart and do it up then you have a cheap truck with a good motor you can always keep.

Pull heads off, get valve grind, new stem seals, bungback together.

NJV6 wrote:Well, why not pull it apart and do it up then you have a cheap truck with a good motor you can always keep.

Pull heads off, get valve grind, new stem seals, bungback together.

yea thats the most understood reply, its a nice truck and ive ordered my 33s
i might spend the tad extra and the extra time to get a good truck out of it
there not worth a hell of alot to sell but if i use and abuse it for a year its all been worth while