CoreyPerez
Registered User
- Location
- Clearfield, UT
Hey folks,
Sorry for those not in the SLC Valley, but I'm looking for a shop that can do some head work. Here is the situation. I bought a engine from a guy who bought an engine... Anyway, the engine is 2 years old, but it hasn't been turned over yet. I'm spent some time Friday and Saturday getting the engine ready for starting. I was in the process of doing the valve adjustments as per the chevy manual (oh ya, this is a 1990(ish) 4.3 Chevy from an Astrovan). Well I had done all the Intake and exhaust adjustments on the DS, and was working on the PS, when I got to a valve stud that just wouldn't tighten at all. Thinking this was weird, I attempted to back the nut off and... yep, you guessed it. I tried to use vice grips to get the "stud" out, but it wouldn't budge. So, I had to do it. All new gaskets and materials, but I had to yank the intake and the head. Wasted all those perfect gaskets (but it gave me a chance to find out if the engine really was .30 over, and inspect inside the intake). Well I get the head off, all the rockers off, pushrods out and I STILL can't get the stud out. So, before I screw something up BIGTIME, i'll just take it to a shop.
So, any suggestions??
Thanks,
Corey
Oh, by the way, I would love to BYTCH slap the MO FO assembler that did this!
Sorry for those not in the SLC Valley, but I'm looking for a shop that can do some head work. Here is the situation. I bought a engine from a guy who bought an engine... Anyway, the engine is 2 years old, but it hasn't been turned over yet. I'm spent some time Friday and Saturday getting the engine ready for starting. I was in the process of doing the valve adjustments as per the chevy manual (oh ya, this is a 1990(ish) 4.3 Chevy from an Astrovan). Well I had done all the Intake and exhaust adjustments on the DS, and was working on the PS, when I got to a valve stud that just wouldn't tighten at all. Thinking this was weird, I attempted to back the nut off and... yep, you guessed it. I tried to use vice grips to get the "stud" out, but it wouldn't budge. So, I had to do it. All new gaskets and materials, but I had to yank the intake and the head. Wasted all those perfect gaskets (but it gave me a chance to find out if the engine really was .30 over, and inspect inside the intake). Well I get the head off, all the rockers off, pushrods out and I STILL can't get the stud out. So, before I screw something up BIGTIME, i'll just take it to a shop.
So, any suggestions??
Thanks,
Corey
Oh, by the way, I would love to BYTCH slap the MO FO assembler that did this!
