So the old plugspitter 5400 is down for a head gasket job. No overheating / mixing oil and coolant / compression loss / misfire.
It's hemmhoraging oil out of the head gasket / block surface. Hopefully it's the head gasket and not the block or head corroded away. In October I took it on a 140 mile round trip and it leaked 2 quarts. Covered the trailer, tailgate and my Jeep on the trailer in oil. And lots of smoke because it runs down the bellhousing and drips on the exhaust crossover.
I have been stuck for 4 days on this bolt. Trying to not break off the valve cover because they are not cheap to replace any more!
I really don't want to pull the heater box. I think at this point it would be easier to pull the starter and a handfull of bellhousing bolts and pull the engine? Help!
Just an 8mm head bolt sitting on a rubber bushing. torqued to 12 inch pounds or something ridiculously low from the factory. It will NOT come out. The head was dust. I have tried MAC extraction sockets of all sizes. They just keep making the head smaller. I've welded 20+ nuts to it and they just twist off. I'm thinking someone at the factory must have crossthreaded it and drove it on home.
I have the passenger side valve cover from the original plugspitter 4600 in my grand marquis, but of course that has Romeo heads and this has Windsor heads. The only major difference is valve covers. I suppose I could mix and match and put the passenger head on this engine just for the valve cover but I really don't want to go that route.
It's hemmhoraging oil out of the head gasket / block surface. Hopefully it's the head gasket and not the block or head corroded away. In October I took it on a 140 mile round trip and it leaked 2 quarts. Covered the trailer, tailgate and my Jeep on the trailer in oil. And lots of smoke because it runs down the bellhousing and drips on the exhaust crossover.
I have been stuck for 4 days on this bolt. Trying to not break off the valve cover because they are not cheap to replace any more!
I really don't want to pull the heater box. I think at this point it would be easier to pull the starter and a handfull of bellhousing bolts and pull the engine? Help!
Just an 8mm head bolt sitting on a rubber bushing. torqued to 12 inch pounds or something ridiculously low from the factory. It will NOT come out. The head was dust. I have tried MAC extraction sockets of all sizes. They just keep making the head smaller. I've welded 20+ nuts to it and they just twist off. I'm thinking someone at the factory must have crossthreaded it and drove it on home.
I have the passenger side valve cover from the original plugspitter 4600 in my grand marquis, but of course that has Romeo heads and this has Windsor heads. The only major difference is valve covers. I suppose I could mix and match and put the passenger head on this engine just for the valve cover but I really don't want to go that route.
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