any tools you need?

 

umm i think john said hes bringing most of them.. and my friend joe from around here said hell bring the air compressor. I guess if john or brian respond to this they will have a better idea of what we may need

 

so definately this saturday? or weather permitting?

 

i would say definately.. i mean if its raining i can pull in the garage... but its really up to John. The weather is supposed to be nice says the weather man but it is pretty early to tell.

 

if you have the valve covers off by the time we all get there the only thing "special" needed is a spring compressor, and a heal bar to pop the seals off. (are you changing seals too?) Both of which I have. I'm a field service mechanic for Caterpillar... I have a ton of tools.

 

im changing the seals as well yes.. I am not sure if we need a spring compressor. i believe john said he was bringing one. I will find out. He also mentioned you have your own method that would result in us not needing an air compressor?

I should have the valve covers off by the time you guys get there tho. I dont think i should run into any problems with that.

 

its not really my method... all you have to do is put each piston at TDC and you can take the spring off. The valve wont fall any more than 1/4". No big deal really. Just roll the motor over till the valves are changing from exh stroke to intake and you are at tdc for that cyl... yank the spring and seal, swap on new and move to the next.

 

yea ive heard of it before.. he was mentioning you were really good at it when we were at joes the other day

 

ill be there sometime after 1

 

i just got all my stuff today so im ready to go..hopefully the weather stays nice.. ill contact john to see whats final..

 

Are we doing that with the BIG screw driver like we did on the 97TA?
I want some of that action. It made my pecs nice and tight.

 

cant you use that using a socket wrench on the crank pulley?

 

OK, I'm back online. We finished Harolds car this afternoon, and he needs to change his title from Sweet97 to SweetTHUNDER97!

I've got all the spring compressor ( 4 different types to be exact ). We wouldn't need a compressor now that we had the mod-Father. I'll bring the wrenchs, sockers, allen keys, picks and magnet.

Brandon, if you can pull the valve covers off Friday so you can check the gaskets and get a set if needed.

No need for beer, Coffee and Pizza works for me!

 

yeah we can turn it over from the crank pulley. Just need a long ratchet...

JB, tell Harold to post some clips if he can I want to hear!!!!

I saw the pics Ron sent, looks like you guys had fun.

 

Ill try to get my parents to give me the garage.. shouldnt be a problem.. im going to get new gaskets anyways just because i like to keep up on things.