Hey Frets14! Thanks for the information! I'm sure it will help others also...
Yes - the Abrams Tank is something else! Paladin could have used one to
flush out the bad guys. Couldn't pay me enough to be in one though....
Not with today's anti-tank missiles.....
Well -
By God, I dood it!
I got the damned thing off! You were right guys - no sweat! All the sweat was in my head.
I took off the Exhaust Manifold and here is a pic of the compartment with the Gasket laid out.
Below that is the gasket's other side. Looked OK.
Then came the Intake Manifold. Not as hard as I thought. For once I had
the right tools. Came off swimmingly.... No pics.
Then I removed the water hoses and electrical stuff. I took off the four
cap nuts on the valve cover. Wouldn't come off until I realized that there
were rubber grommets that had to be pried off. Do I need new ones?
Then came the eight head bolts. I used a cheater pipe and loosened them
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 as in the Chilton Manual. The screamed as I loosened them!
Scared the Hell out of me - thought they might break! Didn't though...
Off came the head! Pictures of each cylinder valve set below.
Number one is burned badly and cracked..... Jesus!
Number 1 - 60 psi cylinder pressure test.
Number 2 - 95 psi cylinder pressure test.
Number 3 - 155 psi cylinder pressure test.
Wow - the valve on Cylinder One is cracked on the bottom right and off round on the left middle.
These last photos were taken in the dark by flash. I finished just as it got too dark to see well.
Tomorrow I'll take it into the Head Service people. Not NAPA. Why?
That's all they do - probably more reliable.....
I'm tired! Think I'll go to bed.......
DoctorBill