03-23-2015, 10:29 AM
Well this was the weekend of the good, the bad and the meh.
Good News!
The block surface is prepped and ready for the head to go back on.
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Bad News!
The fuckin' drain plug hole in the oil pan stripped out. Didn't cross thread it, didn't force it, nothing. I threaded it in by hand and when i went to tighten it it wouldn't hold more than 5ft-lbs. Took it back out and all the goddamn threads came out on it. I guess the sins of oil changes past finally caught up with it. So now I need a helicoil kit or some shit to repair the threads. I'm really hoping I can tap it by hand without having to drill out the pan, because I don't think I could get a drill in there without uninstalling the pan, which will be a major pain in the dickhole.
Meh.
Didn't make a bit of damn progress on the lower timing cover, which I will regret not doing before putting the head back on.
I have a friend who's a professional tech, I offered him some moonlighting work to come over next weekend with his hardcore tools to get the crank bolt off and repair those threads, and hopefully the head will be back from the shop so we can start getting it back on but I don't have super high hopes, I dropped it off Friday and he said he'd probably have it for "at least a week."
Good News!
The block surface is prepped and ready for the head to go back on.
Bad News!
The fuckin' drain plug hole in the oil pan stripped out. Didn't cross thread it, didn't force it, nothing. I threaded it in by hand and when i went to tighten it it wouldn't hold more than 5ft-lbs. Took it back out and all the goddamn threads came out on it. I guess the sins of oil changes past finally caught up with it. So now I need a helicoil kit or some shit to repair the threads. I'm really hoping I can tap it by hand without having to drill out the pan, because I don't think I could get a drill in there without uninstalling the pan, which will be a major pain in the dickhole.
Meh.
Didn't make a bit of damn progress on the lower timing cover, which I will regret not doing before putting the head back on.
I have a friend who's a professional tech, I offered him some moonlighting work to come over next weekend with his hardcore tools to get the crank bolt off and repair those threads, and hopefully the head will be back from the shop so we can start getting it back on but I don't have super high hopes, I dropped it off Friday and he said he'd probably have it for "at least a week."
Now: 07 Porsche Cayman S | 18 VW Tiguan
Then: 18 VW GTI Autobahn | 95 BMW M3 | 15 VW GTI SE | 12 Kia Optima SX | 2009 VW GTI | 00 BMW 540i Sport | 90 Mazda Miata | 94 Yamaha FZR600R | 1993 Suzuki GS500E | 2003 BMW 325i | 95 Saab 900S