Finally got the siezed 302 out of the "J" CS/GT tonight! This is the third engine my husband and I have pulled in the last year, and this time, I felt like it actually went pretty well with minimal swearing and no major fights or threats of divorce! Sadly, a couple of the sparkplug holes on the driver's head had almost completely rusted closed--the holes that remained were the diameter of a 16-penny nail (the sparkplugs were removed and left out 23 years ago--NOT by me!). I wonder if the block is even rebuildable anymore. Once I get the thing under it's own power from the donor 302 I picked up, I'm going to remove the heads on the old block and take a look.
Tomorrow I am going to push it out of the garage and give the darned thing a major bath--I'm sick of working around 23 years worth of cobwebs (and hopefully no live black widows!).
I'm just so excited tonight--it feels like the home stretch is in sight on this thing now and it's actually going to be a "real" car again, despite the 1980 expiration on the plates! Just had to share...
Tomorrow I am going to push it out of the garage and give the darned thing a major bath--I'm sick of working around 23 years worth of cobwebs (and hopefully no live black widows!).
I'm just so excited tonight--it feels like the home stretch is in sight on this thing now and it's actually going to be a "real" car again, despite the 1980 expiration on the plates! Just had to share...