Update!
It lives
I finished getting it back together today, it took a while as things needed a bit of fettling along the way.
So
New AMC head, bolts, gasket, etc.
New timing belt.
New thermostat.
New silicone heater hose.
New silicone rocker cover breather pipe. ( split at the bottom)
New coolant once I've drained out "start up" water.
New oil and filter once I've drained "start up" oil.
It all went together well with no snapped bolts or stripped threads! My mate was very impressed with the build quality of an 18 year old truck.
Went to start it after checking everything at least twice! Primed it, cracked off two of the injectors to get some fuel flowing and it started after about 30 seconds cranking!
It sounds a bit more tappy than before but maybe it'll quite down after a while and maybe it's me listening to hard...
One pain in the arse though was the supposed full gasket set supplied from Roughtrax.
No exhaust manifold to turbo gasket!
No radiator top hose casting to side of head gasket!
No heater take off pipe to head and block gaskets!
No leak off pipe gaskets!
Not good, and all needed for head a swap.
I hope it's something they can sort out in the future as it's just asking for trouble re-using old gaskets.
Still the service is fast and hopefully the head will last a long time.
I'm off the watch Moto GP now.
It lives
I finished getting it back together today, it took a while as things needed a bit of fettling along the way.
So
New AMC head, bolts, gasket, etc.
New timing belt.
New thermostat.
New silicone heater hose.
New silicone rocker cover breather pipe. ( split at the bottom)
New coolant once I've drained out "start up" water.
New oil and filter once I've drained "start up" oil.
It all went together well with no snapped bolts or stripped threads! My mate was very impressed with the build quality of an 18 year old truck.
Went to start it after checking everything at least twice! Primed it, cracked off two of the injectors to get some fuel flowing and it started after about 30 seconds cranking!
It sounds a bit more tappy than before but maybe it'll quite down after a while and maybe it's me listening to hard...
One pain in the arse though was the supposed full gasket set supplied from Roughtrax.
No exhaust manifold to turbo gasket!
No radiator top hose casting to side of head gasket!
No heater take off pipe to head and block gaskets!
No leak off pipe gaskets!
Not good, and all needed for head a swap.
I hope it's something they can sort out in the future as it's just asking for trouble re-using old gaskets.
Still the service is fast and hopefully the head will last a long time.
I'm off the watch Moto GP now.
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