Stuckinthe80s
Rising Sun Member
I say lap and reshim. I mean, it's not like you'll be in the deseet by yourself, right?
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Lap that sewing machine and slap it back together with some new valve stem seals. It’ll quit burning oil, and you’ll get at least another 150k out of it. In the mean time (7-10yrs) you can assemble an ls swap 
DaveInDenver
Rising Sun Ham Guru
Agreed with our esteemed colleagues, lap with new seals. And stop read Mud.
rover67
Rising Sun Member
I'll give it a go with the clean and lap. I was looking at it last night thinking valve seat looked really dished but looking at the photos here now it looks more like carbon on the backside is making it look all wonkey. Thanks for talking me off the ledge.
DaveInDenver
Rising Sun Ham Guru
Gotta remember you're not driving a touchy-feely LS anymore. You got a tractor motor. It might run better with the carbon buildup actually so be careful not to clean it up too good and drop the compression.
rover67
Rising Sun Member
Worked on it a while last night, valve seats are a touch wide but they are flat. It was the carbon making them look dished to me and super wide which were the two things i was most worried about. The head looks great. Anyhow, i'm gonna run it. thanks again for talking me off the ledge everybody.
rover67
Rising Sun Member
Yeah i'm gonna drop it off to get cleaned/pressure tested/machined if it needs it.
rover67
Rising Sun Member
Head is ready to go to the machine shop!
It’s been slow... busy with a lot of stuff lately.
I’m the mean time I’ve been doing wiring..
Fridge, ham, usb outlets, future sub, & maybe future inverter.
It’s been slow... busy with a lot of stuff lately.
I’m the mean time I’ve been doing wiring..
Fridge, ham, usb outlets, future sub, & maybe future inverter.
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rover67
Rising Sun Member
I printed up a little adapter so the mic extension female end for the HAM would fit in a switch blank.
rover67
Rising Sun Member
Finally finished the Ham install and added some USB ports. Need to get a good speaker for the Ham and fix a funky antenna wire connector which is shorting to ground but otherwise it seems to be working well. Also finished up the fuse box wiring so I can put the seat back in it. Still need to run wires rest of the way back and terminate them but I’m closer.
rover67
Rising Sun Member
Also hit the valves with a wire wheel and some scotch bright. They may not looks that great in t photos but they are good. Didn’t try to get them shiny just get the big chunks off and get the area near the seats clean for lapping. I’m picking up the head tomorrow it checked out fine at Gunn.
rover67
Rising Sun Member
Heated seats will be sometime later, maybe when i do the seat leather, it was cheap and easy to throw in the switches now though.
STL for the Mic holder for the switch Blank:
STL for the Mic holder for the switch Blank:
My savior! I have been throwing around the idea of making one of these on Tinkercad, and you just saved me the time! Literally printing it now.
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Also, if anyone else needs one of these, buy me a beer sometime and I will print one for you and bring it to the next meeting (beer for the cost or material and time).
Stuckinthe80s
Rising Sun Member
I really like that mic port in the console! I did the same thing but I just hacked apart the coin holder. Yours looks much better.Finally finished the Ham install and added some USB ports. Need to get a good speaker for the Ham and fix a funky antenna wire connector which is shorting to ground but otherwise it seems to be working well. Also finished up the fuse box wiring so I can put the seat back in it. Still need to run wires rest of the way back and terminate them but I’m closer.
One of these days I'll figure out the art of proper fabrication instead of the redneck approach I give everything I do.
rover67
Rising Sun Member
This cable I bumped into seemed to be made for the application. I’ll use a plug to block it off when not in use but I’m still kinda worried about it getting packed in shmutz:
rover67
Rising Sun Member
Got the head back yesterday and while I was in Denver I stopped at Colorado Auto and parts and got some new visors ($17) for the truck. I like that junkyard.
I’d consider swapping the timing chain. I was amazed how stretched mine was on my original engine.