Got the call last week to pick up the cylinder head. Just picked it up today. They said it looked fine and they cleaned the rust off of it as well. Jackson Cylinder Head seems to think the head was not installed properly and after speaking to the person that did put it back together, he thought JCH may be correct. We’ll purchase a new head gasket and re-install it per factory specs.
We also will need to replace the water pump. Back to getting our hands dirty.
The cylinder head was dropped off at Jackson Cylinder Head yesterday. I’m really hoping they find no trouble with the head and it only needs to be re-installed properly with a new head gasket. Awaiting a call.
Well, Wes and I finally were able to remove the head this past weekend. I am taking it to Jackson Cylinder Head Service of Jackson, MS. They did the work for the guy I acquired the car from and my friend Marshall gives them high praises. They feel the water leaking may be due to the head gasket failing. I certainly hope that is the case and that the head is not warped. I’m going to follow their lead and have it pressure tested to check for any potential problems that may have resulted from it possibly overheating. They’ll also check the head for warp and the valves leak tested to find out if rust may have pitted the seat or valve which could be a potential future problem.
We haven’t been able to do any work on the motor/car at all since last week. The weather was too cold and I was out of commission for a couple of days being ill. With the water pump off we’ve learned it needs to be replaced. We hope to get the head off this coming weekend.
Wes and I have decided not to remove the motor at this time. We started removing the front parts of the engine last night after putting all the engine/transmission bolts back in place. We removed the fan, water pump pulley, water pump, etc. We’ll hopefully continue tonight to see what else we can remove to get the timing chain removed so we can remove the cylinder head.