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07-02-2009, 08:20 PM   #18 (permalink)
Death Touch
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Re: Shorty cast iron header removal

Ok, after about 30 minutes in the garage, i am convinced that the under bolt
on cylinder 3 is the anti-christ. Believe it or not after about 1/2 turn of every
one of the other manifold bolts, they came all the way out by hand. If the
wrench is on from the right I cant get my fingers in far enough between the
header on cylinder 1 and 2 to grab the wrench. If its on from the left, the
starter is in the way. Go figure.

On a side note, while i was under the car this afternoon, I found what looked
like metal shards. Sure enough, it was the teeth off of the starter. 3 of them.

Even wierder, we were told that the cars engine was a 30 over 427 and the
original 406 was long gone so we never really checked. While under the car I
noticed on the engine block "HP" just like the one on the block that we are
set to swap out. Could it be...........
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