Can you get a drill with a wire wheel in there? Header gaskets are prone enough to leak when done right. I would want it as clean as possible.
So I’ve been working on putting on the bbK headers I got a while back, but I’ve been having a real hard time getting the old gaskets off. I’ve been mostly successful with warm water and a razor blade, but is this good enough?
Can you get a drill with a wire wheel in there? Header gaskets are prone enough to leak when done right. I would want it as clean as possible.
I hope you have had something filling the spark plug holes (and not getting debris into the engine) while scrapping and warm water.
BBK shortubes should fall right into place. I had mine on and off twice a few months back,no issues. I know all cars are different,but I'm not seeing how the brake reservoir is on the way.
It‘s more the brake lines than the reservoir. I’m sure there’s some combination of twists and turns I can do to get it to slide in, but it’s not working right now.
it’s weird, because everything I’ve read said that the passenger side had clearance issues, but for me it just dropped right in.
I picked up some wire brushes and a drill brush. I’m waiting for the drill to charge and doing what I can with the manual brushes. What should I use to cover the spark plug holes? Painter’s tape?
Show me the header itself.
Alright, well I got the passenger side bolted to the engine. All that's left to do is jack up the car, jack up the engine, bolt up the driver side, and bolt up the H-pipe, which I think I'm going to do after work tomorrow.
What's the safest place to put jack stands? I thought the frame rails, but most of the videos I've seen put them on the control arms. I tried jacking up the car and putting it on the ramps, but I couldn't get it high enough for the tires to clear.
Block of wood on the jack pad. Then under the center of k member. Should get you high enough to get ramps under. Or jack stands under control arms is ok too. I actually use the ramps, and I put a set of stands. Not 100% trusting of these composite ramps I have.
I sometimes fall asleep under my car that’s on jack stands...That‘s why they call them jack STANDS.Thats what I do too, and my heart still races when I’m under the car. The oil change was fine because I had room to maneuver and roll around, but these exhaust flanges are a lot tougher to get to and there’s a lot less space.
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