Restoring Rusty

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by hatzie

Most yard trolls don't know that the Gasoline K47 airboxes can be used on the diesels. To them it's just an air filter housing.

Hey I resemble that remark! I took it off and tossed it out of the way in the back of that Suburban, ha ha (at least I didn't just drop it on the gravel, I'm civilized after all)

[hatzie]

Originally Posted by Gregski

Hey I resemble that remark! I took it off and tossed it out of the way in the back of that Suburban, ha ha (at least I didn't just drop it on the gravel, I'm civilized after all)

If it is what it looks like I'd go back and get it along with the mounting bracket. It should've had a round filter inside jammed over the end of a plastic elbow.
Guys ask $60 for just the housing.
You can sell it on evilbay or to someone here or on the Dieselplace forums. They flow better than any other factory airbox/filter for the 6.5L Turbo Diesel.
If you want a real good Cold Air Intake filter that won't flow just as much dirt as air get it for your truck. NAPA (WIX) and Fram equivalents to the AC1300C are around $24. Yes Fram makes very good air filters. I'm not so keen on their oil filters but their air filters are top shelf.

[Gregski]

mileage was only 134,909 and the plugs looked good, I think it ended up there cause of power steering problems, when I took the belt off the power steering pump pulley came off with the belt, LOL, that may have been the straw that broke the camels back

so after checking the part number on the passenger side head - it was go time!

[Gregski]

Man I forgot how much I hated these accessory brackets on my '97 Tahoe, you could not even take the driver side valve cover off without removing the AC unit and its bracket, I so don't miss working on that truck

[Gregski]

Gentlemen these heads looked great, someone was changing their oil every 3,000 miles, the valve train was super clean

had the first one off in just over 2 hours (in all fairness I was interrupted once by a dude wanting to borrow a pair of dikes, lol) it was for a gauge cluster for his '73 C10 so naturally I obliged

[Gregski]

so I decided to pull the second head as well, I thought if they both are good then I will be very happy knowing what ride they came off of, and that their wear and tear matches type of thing

45 minutes later, both fish were in the boat and ready for cleanin'

[Gregski]

here comes the best part, I only paid $75 bucks for both heads, rockers and all

needless to say I left with a big smile on my face and fingers and toes crossed that these will turn out ok

[Gregski]

hit the Cheap Chinese Tool store on the way home to pick up some more wire brushes for my drill

but this is not a Drill people we is going to clean these heads for real, LOL

[Gregski]

when I came home and through these heads on the workbench they looked amazing, by far the cleanest set I have come across, and trust me I have seen a few lately, ha ha

they were clean and dry, no grime on them, you could even see the factory paint

best part is these are the newest heads of the bunch with a born on date of C 16 9 which is C=March Day=16 Year=1999

[Gregski]

here's how the magic happens,

Third Verse
... same as the first
but a whole lot cleaner
and hopefully not the worst!

[enaberif]

The bottom of the valves look much better than the other group of heads you had.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by enaberif

The bottom of the valves look much better than the other group of heads you had.

yes sir, I am very happy with these heads, though I must say I've earned it, ha ha

[Gregski]

folks needless to say I have gotten better at disassembling these heads, what has taken me an hour per head, now takes 10 minutes, I kid you not

partly because I have learned / tried another old school way of removing the valve springs (now I knew about this but it don't work on old gunky heads)

here is all you need to remove valve springs

1. 11/16ths (or suitable socket)

2. 3 lbs sledge (or similar)

now you don't even have to whack the top of the spring with this, just bounce the hammer on it if you will, soft - hard - soft - hard, and the retainer fall right out

in my case the springs didn't even go flying across the garage they did nothing really, the retainers just fell of, and I lifter the springs with my hand and put them in a zip loc bag

[Gregski]

and to the Head Cleaning Station (HCS)

(beers without injury - 1)

[Gregski]

man these heads cleaned up nice (and gentlemen, you know the effort we put in doing something, and then the effort we put in if we is forced to do it over, you know what I'm saying, well even with me giving it my full 72% these guys turned out great - ha ha)

(beers without injury - 2)

[Gregski]

The easiest way to identify a Vortec head is by the sawtooth pattern cast into the front.

Yeah right, maybe if they are sitting on a work bench, but not if they are on the engine, because then they are hidden by the alternator bracket on the passenger side, and the AC compressor and bracket on the driver side

[Gregski]

correct me if I am wrong, but do the intake and exhaust valve stem seals seem different to you? I have stared at almost 40 of those in the last few days, ha ha, so I may be imagining things

[Gregski]

by the way, the newer-er driver side Vortec Cylinder head (and I shall refer to them from here on out by their born on date C 16 9 passed the Eyecrometer / Flashlight inspection test.

VORTEC DRIVER SIDE CYLINDER HEAD C 16 9 NO CRACKS

[Gregski]

The Love Affair with these new heads continues, just see how well they clean up, quickly too.

(beers without injury - 3)

[Gregski]

couple more before and after shots for you, as if you haven't seen me clean heads before, lol

check out that valve train, I literally have done nothing to it on purpose to show it off to you, I am so pleased with them, I didn't even bother removing the rockers off of this set, no need

[Gregski]

the newer-er passenger side Vortec Cylinder head, born on date C 16 9 passed the Eyecrometer / Flashlight inspection test also

VORTEC PASSANGER SIDE CYLINDER HEAD C 16 9 NO CRACKS

(beers without injury - 4... I think)

[Gregski]

time to clean both heads, from start to finish... a little under an hour, hey I think I finally got a hang of this

[Gregski]

but just to be sure (and since we already spent money on the SPOTCHECK) we shall Aexon Flux these guys...

[Gregski]

scratch that I mean Magnaflux those guys

[Gregski]

back with the results - after these messages...