Do you just use a rubber mallet to tap it back on? Ive never had to do this with any of the imports Ive worked on.

You got it.

Do you have that puller that I can borrow? Im getting tired of buying all of these pullers.

A side note: almost broke my left big toe today. I was taking the other head off and it was stuck on the alignment pins. So I broke one loose, and I was working on the other one and it just popped off. The end that hit my foot has a 4"-5" stud sticking out of it and its about the size of a pencil and that part hit the outside edge of my toe. It put a hole in my new shoe and through my sock as well. If it were a 1/2" to the left, would have hit right in the middle of my toe and defenitely would have broke it. These iron heads are fucking heavy heavy!

I did get the motor in the back of the Jeep and Im dropping it off in the AM.

I have a puller you can borrow.

I forgot to ask you for it when I was up there. Ill get it from you when I pick the motor up. Can you have them go ahead and replace the oil pump and the timing gears. If the lifters are fairly cheap, have them replace them too please. I might bring the heads up next week. If I need to call them, I will.

Best for you to call and let them know.

Picked up the motor today, and it looks great. After class today, Ill be very busy putting everything back together. Might even be able to take it to Nick's this weekend.

I got most of the engine put back together today. I lost a head bolt, no clue how since they were in their own box. Should have it put together tomorrow for sure. Im hoping to take it to Nick's Saurday. All the powder coating looks awsome though, thanks a million Guy. Ill put some pics up tomorrow night of everything.

Anyone local have a timing light I can borrow tomorrow (Friday)??

I got it installed and everything, but I cant get it to start up for the life of me. I have fuel, spark and everything, but it wont start. Ive checked the distributor and plug wire order several times and nothing. The best I got was at first when I had 2 of them out of order. This sucks!

Make sure you prime the fuel system first

It is, the fuel pump kicks on as soon as you turn the key to the on position and even stayson for about 15 seconds after you turn the key off.

What i mean is, just because the fuel system is working doesnt mean its primed. If you didnt let it pressurize fully then every time you crank you're losing pressure. Cycle the key on and off for about 15 times making sure the let the fuel pump run completely each time.

Ill try that. I recall smelling fuel from the exhaust though, dotn remember though. Ill try that now.

Any luck on getting her up and running?

Ended up being I didnt set my valve lash correctly. The valves were stuck up a bit. Truck runs great right now. I still have some things on the interior I need to put back together. I need to hook up my AEM gauges and what not.

Nice glad to hear shes up and running

I just need to run this old gas as low as possible and then fill her up with fresh gas. I get some knock here and there, nothing major though.

Add a couple gals of e85. No more knock up the boost a little and add more timing you will be amazed with it.

The E85 station is taking forever being built, seems like they just stopped all together. So crap 91 will be my choice for awhile.

Wouldn't that make the engine run lean since E85 has a different stoichiometric ratio than gasoline?

Yes. You obviously have to tune for e85. And update your fuel lines.

Yeah, he's better off running a little race fuel mixed with the bad gas to "clear it up" until he gets some fresh fuel. I'd never run e85 without a proper tune for it

I wouldnt run straight E85 for awhile, Id just mix it to get either 93 or 96 octane. Quite a few guys run 93 with no problems. I mixed it when I was in NE and I had around 96 octane and it ran great. I only have about a 1/4 tank right now, so it wont take me long to get rid of it. I dropped the inlaws off at LAX today and that knocked it down there pretty good.

Be careful with the purity of CA E85

Working on hooking up both of my gauges and my new amp and sub. Should be done tomorrow morning.

How does this work? Do you have an article which you could point me to?

http://www.bazellracefuels.com/Calcs/OC1.htm <-----This should really have its own thread.

So I put Lowest: 91 Highest:105 (that's what I found E85 octane to be, online) To achieve 93 octane. Does that sounds correct?

And put in how many gallons you tank holds.

Just put some 91 octane in and gave it a couple good romps, feels much smoother now.

Just did 2 boost launches and its a 1000 times better. Lit up all 4 tires both times launching at 6psi off the line. Too bad there is no race track to go to now, well, none that arent within 3 hours. Might have to go to SD.

Glad to hear she is great man.

My StreetFire ignition box and MSD coil both went out today, no idea how. Luckily I was across the parking lot of an AutoZone and I picked up a new coil for $45. Truck fired right up and even idles better than before.

MSD=May Suddenly Die

I didnt get any pics of the engine assembled before I dropped it in, but here are what I have (excuse the mess):

Cleaner then my shop :huh:

How about some pics of it put back together. For my book.

The garage looks much better now. no more oil. Scrubbed the crap out of it with a gallon of Simple Green.

Ill take some pics tomorrow after I mount the new coil. I just hooked it up so I could drive to school and back.

The sun makes it kinda hard to se whats powder coated and painted, but here is what I got: