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Sun May 30, 2004 3:57 pm
Well its 12:10 and here is all I have so far. This is a basic list of all the parts I used. I still need to get a picture of one part.
1. DE Head2. Intake Manifold3. Exhaust Manifold4. SOHC Head Gasket5. DE Intake Gasket6. Blue RTV Sealant7. A piece of sheet metal (1mm thick is what I used)8. DE timing chains and guides9. DE spark plug wires10. SOHC distributor11. A coolant elbow on the lower timing cover (this is very important and will cause you a nightmare) I'm going to get a picture of this tomorrow.
There is a bunch of other parts I used, but nothing big, just stuff like vacuum lines, wire connectors, sensors, spark plugs, etc.
Now for a little explanation of what I did. I started by taking off my old SOHC head, removed my power steering reservoir, and alternator. The next step was to remove crank pulley and then the lower timing cover, make sure you keep all the bolts and somehow mark where they go. Don’t forget to remove the oil pump before removing the cover, because there is a bolt behind it. Remove the timing chain and guides. At this point I cleaned off the entire old gasket that was left on the block. I also removed my AC and all the lines.
The next step for me was having the head machined and cleaned; I also had the DE distributor hole welded shut. When I got the head back I put the gasket on the block and then hand tightened the head down so I could time it and put the bottom cover back on. Here comes a hard part, getting the DE chain tensioner and guide to work with the SOHC block. I couldn’t find on thing that worked, I basically shaved the inside of the timing cover and parts of the tensoner until it fit.
And that’s where I’m going to stop for now. I hope that’s enough to some guys started. All that took me about 2-3 weeks to do.