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So I pulled this thing out because reaching over it to fix the heater hose at the firewall was a pain in my back, and for fun. Mostly fun, Well dropped the front subframe and rolled it out with the trans but its out and on the stand. The patient is a 1995 LQ1 that has 257K miles on it and well maintained by the previous owner. But it was experiencing some high mileage issues such as seeping gaskets, a bad valve stem seal, could use a new timing belt and probably a few other things. Before I really get any further into the engine I`m gathering tools, parts and advice as to what I should replace while apart. The plan was to get the heads off to a shop to be rebuilt and planed if needed, change the oil pan gasket which was completed and she got a new oil pump, replace all the gaskets and seals while accessible like the front/rear main seals and timing cover gasket in addition to what would be replaced with the head job. I dont know if I need to even mess with anything below the heads so I`m not sure if I should look into a complete engine rebuild or not given the mileage. Heres a close up of the current timing belt and actuator area, 80% of it looks this way and iirc Dan said it had about 20-25k on it when he sold it to me back in `16. I put maybe 2k on it til it was parked. There was some dust from the belt but not a huge build up. Well pics arent working like they used to. Figuring it out...

Thanks everyone for posting the procedure for repairing the receiver. Just followed this procedure for my 1992 Buick Regal Gran Sport. Worked like a charm. I did add a little new solder to the existing solder joints on the chips in addition to reheating. If I have any troubles in the future, I will use a solder sucker to remove existing solder then will replace with fresh solder.

Head over to rock auto and get a gasket kit for the engine. You’ll want ‘cylinder head gasket kit’ not to pricey. as for the bottom end you’ll want to do a compression test to test it out

I think I got the pictures figured out.