My 2.8 with Refinished Heads

[gp90se]

the junkyards around here get $200 for a 3.1, wont take long 2 swap out and you'll have that little extra power.

[Stevo]

nice work.

[Pabz]

Heads are ready to be milled.

 

 

Hecho en Mexico, nice to see i have some spanish stamped somewhere in my car, howeve i am chilean not mexican. But to most people we are all Mexican.

 

 

My valves, should i take them to the machine shop to get them checked out. I will ask them when i call tommorow.

 

 

Is this where the oil pump drive seal is located? I will have to read up on this tommorow.

 

[gp90se]

that oil pump is a piece of cake, go buy the $2 gasket from a dealer (improved silicone design), take the 1 bolt out, pull up on the oil pump drive (might need a little force, had 2 use channel locks 2 get mine out). Clean it up with a rag, change the old brittle black seal, slide the new 1 on, throw new oil on the oil pump drive and slide it back in. I always put some red RTV on the edge of the drive to prevent leaks ever again, but you can skip that.

 

if ya have the heads done up nice and purdy (valve job, ported, polished, bigger valves, yada yada) and put a 3.1 block under it, it should move pretty good.

 

Good luck

[Pabz]

Resurfacing heads is $42.50 a piece,

 

valve job, looking at $160 a piece. No thanks, not that interested in paying $300+ on this engine with approx 280,000 km.

 

 

I think i will get it resurfaced and throw it back together.

[5speedz34]

Resurfacing heads is $42.50 a piece,

 

valve job, looking at $160 a piece. No thanks, not that interested in paying $300+ on this engine with approx 280,000 km.

 

 

I think i will get it resurfaced and throw it back together.

 

$160 a head seems like alot.

 

Is that Canadian? That's nothing then.

[Pabz]

Well found another place that will do it.

 

26.50 for mangnaflux test/cleaning

42.50 for resurfacing

68.00 for 3 level valve job

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137 per head, $300 total + $220 head bolts & headgasket kit, + $60 for intake gasket set.

 

ruffly $600 after all the fluids and filters, Redoing trans filter to. So it should last me another couple yrs. Not bad considering its lasted this long.

 

Any idea how much a shop would charge, just wanna get an idea how much i am saving by doing this myself.

[5speedz34]

Well found another place that will do it.

 

26.50 for mangnaflux test/cleaning

42.50 for resurfacing

68.00 for 3 level valve job

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137 per head, $300 total + $220 head bolts & headgasket kit, + $60 for intake gasket set.

 

ruffly $600 after all the fluids and filters, Redoing trans filter to. So it should last me another couple yrs. Not bad considering its lasted this long.

 

Any idea how much a shop would charge, just wanna get an idea how much i am saving by doing this myself.

 

Honestly I think the shop would charge $800 to a $1000 on the labor alone. Call around to a few places and ask.

[Pabz]

Ya, thats what i though, getting this all done by a shop would run probably around $2500-$3000,

 

makes $600 total seem ok. This is the cheapest most reliable shop around, 30+ yrs experience working on classic cars. charging $137 a head for cleaning valve and resurfacing.

 

I will never take my car to a mechanic, They always leave bolts loose and dont take the time and care needed. For a complete newb i am pretty empressed that these little engines are pretty easy to work on. I just hope it runs well after i put everything back together. So far i've only broken one vacuum hose, the long one that goes to the Cruise control i think. Can i just put a rubber hose over the ends to patch this up?

[5speedz34]

I will never take my car to a mechanic, They always leave bolts loose and dont take the time and care needed. For a complete newb i am pretty empressed that these little engines are pretty easy to work on. I just hope it runs well after i put everything back together. So far i've only broken one vacuum hose, the long one that goes to the Cruise control i think. Can i just put a rubber hose over the ends to patch this up?

 

It should be fairly easy to pic that up at a yard, otherwise that should work.

[gp90se]

junkyard heads are usually $3-60 a pair, just look at the dipstick before ya pull them...

[Pabz]

Look at my refinished heads, awesome, cant wait to see how this will ride. The look alot better in person.

 

[5speedz34]

Damn! So clean!

[gp90se]

Fuggin sweet man, now when ya put it all back together, replace the water pump, t-stat, and check all the hoses and radiator before putting thing back together. A radiator shop will change ya like $25 to pressure check and clean out the radiator so it works as well as it can. All of the parts will swap right onto a 3.1 and with the new heads, might as well do it all nice so ya wont have to worry about it again.

 

Also, change the oil a few times, right after the rebuild, another 100 miles down the road and then again 500 miles, just 2 make sure ya get all the coolant outta where it shouldnt be.