I need help on how to remove that bolt without the motor turning over? Also I pulled the efi intake and tried to clean up all the depris around the intake be fore removing however there are bits of leaves etc that did fall down into the valley ( area below the intake) whwat do I need to watch out for here? If debris fell into the ports what are the issues ?
If you can use an impact wrench, it should buzz it right off. If not, get a 15/16th's socket and a sliding type breaker bar. A couple of good raps with a BFH should break it loose. Can use a ratchet but not a good idea to hammer on it at all unless it is on it's way to wrench heaven anyway. One other way is to run a piece of cotton rope into #1 spark plug hole and loosen all the rockers, then bring it up to TDC . This will stop the crank from turning, also with the rockers all loosened and all valves closed, you can blow most of the debris out of the heads. I would plug the water jacket holes first unless they have crud in them too.
i threaded two bolts into the balancer and then jamed a jack handle between them. while i was turning the motor one way with the jack handle someonne else was spinning the bolt off. just watch the bolts arent bending or breaking
Also can anyone post a pict of where the water Jacket holes are. ? if I miss something with the debris I described will it hurt the internals of the motor? I currently have rags stuffed in the ports to keep debris out of those but is this area of the motor sensitive to debris ? I don't want to ruin the motor due to grime and grit and debris getting in where it shouldn't be. Currently I still have the valve covers and heads on the motor I don't plan to pull the heads, I do I need to pull the valve covers? for any reason? I'm literally only changing the intake/ to carb, oil pan, timing cover, fuel pump, adding headers and ignition.
A Phillips screw driver thru the flywheel or flexplate will keep it from turning over. Then use a breaker bar and 15/16" socket on the balancer bolt.
Any debris "inside"the engine is a no-no.clean it out the best you can by hand.do you have access to an air compressor??? you can blow the debris out of the head ports withcompressed air and a blow gun.The water "jackets" (ports0 on the heads are the only ones exposed at this point aside from the two on the front of the block if you allready have the waterpump/timing cover off.The water ports on the heads are the ones closest to the ends of the heads.There are 2 on each head on the intake mating surface,one at each end on each head.Pull the rocker covers,loosen all the rockers so all the valves are closed(push rods will be loose at this point)Then you can blow out the intake ports on the heads.Cover the lifter valley first so you dont dump crud in the valley.Good luck.
Ok I appreciate the info, I don't have a compressor so I don't have that option, if I loosen the rockers do I simply tightenn them back up or are there adjustments I need to make?
i believe you have to rotate the engine so that theres no pressure from the push rod before you tq down the rocker.
Have you ever done motor work before?? If not, you should invest in a good book and/or a smart friend As you may be doomed w/ getting debris into your motor and all of that. Learning is nice to do, but at the cost of a messed up motor then your not gonna enjoy your learning experience
If you don't have a wide selection of tools, how are you getting the balancer off? I'd just leave the cover on, and therefore the balancer, and use an electric fuel pump. I don't even know for sure which eccentric you would use for a mechanical pump, or if any of them fit an EFI properly. I am sure one fits, but you gotta have the correct one. After you buy all the parts and tools to do the mechanical pump, you could pick up an electric.
Don't loosen your rockers. There are adjustments to do. They are not adjustable rockers by definition, but they do need to be installed correctly and by a certain method.
Yeah I already have a book picked out, I am proceeding very cautiously, I tried to clean up as much as I could get to before pulling the intake, but there was still caekd on stuff inteh crevices that I coudln't get to, I know dirt of anykind is disasterous to the internals of a motor, I just didn't know form where I am right now, whst bad places dirt could get into from the top of the motor, at worst I pull it apart and clean it up real good, THis is the first I have ever done anything with a mtor and I have very little into it, that was deliberate because this is my first time doing this kind of work on a motor. Mostly I am just getting the stuff pulled off I know I won't need or use, I'm buying the parts I need, then once I have everything I will start in, but I am buying a book first.
I will probably buy the puller, I bought a front sump conversion kit which came with the pan, pick up, dip stick, timing cover, gaskets, don't I have to have a new cover with the front sump design? The new tming cover has the hole for the fuel pump, is there something else I need to run the pump?
Some EFI motors already have the pump drive, some don't. Your front cover must have either the hole for the dipstick, usually with a snap in plug in it, or it must have a flat spot that can be drilled for the dipstick. If you don't have either one of these, you will need to change the front cover or you won't be able to check your oil....
