Re: Advice on removing engine? - New Pics added and a question

Posted by Bob E. On 2016/9/8 18:42:29

Spent some time tearing down the engine. I'm going to take the block to "Westside Performance & Machine Shop" in Houston tomorrow to have them go over it, clean it, see what needs to be done to it etc. I plan on doing the head job myself. Figure it will be a good learning experience.

I popped the core/freeze plugs and look at how much crud is there!! That was the same for the 4 forward ones. (the two rear ones were in decent shape.) FYI, prior to pulling the engine I used the Prestone coolant flush as directed. It got a lot of brown stuff out, but didnt help with all that crud.

Question #1: The back, right plug is brass or copper and has a cap nut on it. Is that just a different style: more of a compression fit vs the standard steel friction fit? the other 5 were conventional.

Here are also a few shots of the heads. Definitely some plug coolant passages.

Question #2: the heads have this curvy piece of metal that goes around the valve springs. 1 head has 2 of them for full coverage while the other only has 1 of these. Are they to direct oil a certain way and are they important enough for me to find one for the missing location?

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