Re: [DMCForum] Travis' Head gasket journey
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Re: [DMCForum] Travis' Head gasket journey



Your "journey" sounds a lot like mine and a friend's about 8 months ago. 
have a look at www.ourdelorean.co.uk

Martin

Travis Goodwin wrote:

>That garage is my neighbor's. It's at her embalming facility. Creepy,
huh?
>
>It all started when I was working on the exhaust manifold. One of the
studs
>sheared off in the back. When I was drilling it out I tapped the water
>jacket and all the coolant leaked came out (hence a dry block). I had to
>take the head off to have it machined and repaired. I was unsure of how
well
>it would come out, but the guys here in town did great work. The pic you
see
>on page 16 is there final product. They ended up drilling out a larger
hole
>and then refilling it with all new aluminum. And, like the Bionic Man,
it's
>stronger than before. Shit. I'd be done by now if it wasn't for the
stupid
>cam flange.
>
>However, it has forced me to take it easy... nice and slow. While I'm
>dilly-dallying trying to noodle through certain things, I'm taking the
time
>to replace all the coolant hoses and vacuum hoses. You can see a lot of
the
>new stuff in picture 18.
>
>I actually put the head and rocker cover back on last night, I just
didn't
>get a picture. 
>  
>




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