Help me rebuild my 302!
- Thread starter VT66PONY
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you are about 120 miles from me. i am in shenandoah national park for the summer. the only problem is i have only one night off per week, and it is usually monday night. if that is not a problem i dont mind helping. you can also email me with any questions you have. i have helped others over the net for a few years now.
some early advice;
1: as you disassemble the engine, bag parts and bolts in groups, all the oil pan bolts in one bag, all the head bolts in one bag, and mark each bag as to what is in the bag.
2: take pictures of the engine at each stage of disassembly. start with the complete engine on the engine stand, next pic comes when you remove your first part, etc. use a cheap digital camera that you can also use to load the pics on your computer, in the order in which they were taken.
3: TAKE YOUR TIME. there is no need to rush things, unless you have a hard deadline to meet, and if that is the case then buy a reman engine and bolt it inplace.
remember that a car is just a giant jigsaw puzzle, and if you take the time to note everything as you take it apart, it goes together fairly easily. the devil is in the details of tuning the thing to run right.
some early advice;
1: as you disassemble the engine, bag parts and bolts in groups, all the oil pan bolts in one bag, all the head bolts in one bag, and mark each bag as to what is in the bag.
2: take pictures of the engine at each stage of disassembly. start with the complete engine on the engine stand, next pic comes when you remove your first part, etc. use a cheap digital camera that you can also use to load the pics on your computer, in the order in which they were taken.
3: TAKE YOUR TIME. there is no need to rush things, unless you have a hard deadline to meet, and if that is the case then buy a reman engine and bolt it inplace.
remember that a car is just a giant jigsaw puzzle, and if you take the time to note everything as you take it apart, it goes together fairly easily. the devil is in the details of tuning the thing to run right.
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