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1982 C/K 6.0L Caitlyn Mall Crawler (Interior time)

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Babaganoosh said:
Good cause really all I wanted to do was clean it up and slap new head gasket on, only reason why I took the heads off was because last time the bolts were reused and they are torque to yield...

Damn it feels good to be working on it again.:woot:
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Why are there reused bolts on your heads? Did it blow a head gasket before you bought it and whoever just slapped the same bolts back in?
 
Chevy305 said:
Why are there reused bolts on your heads? Did it blow a head gasket before you bought it and whoever just slapped the same bolts back in?
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The engine was gone through before to check it out.

supersize75k5 said:
I've only got three responses and they encompass all that is needed and all that is great :


:hack::weld::grind:
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Oh no,:haha:
 
I want to see a picture of your truck with at least six feet of air underneath it some time before the end of this spring. :eek1: :eek: :woot:
 
That might be pushing it a little but air it will get.

It's been so long my legs are a little sore this morning.:doah:
 
I completely tear down and rebuild front axle, 4 replies.


Ben talks about doing work, 5 pages of replies :haha:



Glad you guys got a game plan. Excited to see this thing running.
 
I think it's because of the anticipation of this thing done. My cheer squad is just posting up. I thought maybe a couple replies, didn't expect this many.

Thanks guys for the good words.
 
Yep. Adam, I think Ben is right. If you post up a ton of progress over the course of 2 days, it's business as usual. We expect that from you now a days! But Ben talking about doing work is quite unusual in recent months.
 
just glad to see him excited about it... for awhile there, I thought he was gonna bail on it..
 
Yep. Looks like he just needed a break. Now he's back with some reinforcements and he's ready to knock it out of the park. :woot:
 
I'm putting a list together for the engine, this is going to be spendy.:doah: blazer bash here I come burnout
 
Be very careful on what you do in that motor. Its not a traditional SBC and needs some special tools ($$) to do some simple tasks. If you're putting heads gaskets on it and calling it a day, that's easy.
 
I have a few friends that can work on these in their sleep all with the proper gm tools.:thumb:

I asked one to help guide me put it together, he said sure for a 30 pack of beer.:thumb:
 
"with the proper gm tools" <- Cool!

I was one of those guys who didn't know ALL the differences until I already had ripped my LQ4 apart. It was then I realized that you can't recondition the rods, crappy pistons, etc. Luckily, I found a guy on eBay who was selling the GM LS tools for a great price. My quick refresh (ring and bearing) turned out to cost a bit of money once I bought pistons, rods, ARP, etc, etc.

The only positive side is that the longblock will be going in a first gen Camaro project which will make better use of the performance parts. My Blazer will be getting a fresh LQ9 in the next few weeks.
 
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