Ok so i got a 88 4dr 5sp lx with a burnt valve. So yesterday I finally started working on it and this is the first time ive done a valve job so i figured id make a threat about my progess..and any help you guys can give me would be great.
Yesterday afternoon i started wrenching. I removed the breather, intake, battery and odds and ends that was easy to get to. Then I couldnt think of any way to take the car off or remove the vac lines because the nbrs dont match up and there are so many. Do i have to remove the lines inorder to take the intake manifold off?
So I decided to take the exhaust manifold off, after trying to get the bolts off of the heatshield, i decided, instead of trying to sqeeze my hands down there to get nuts and bolts off and spending time and pain. I opted to just take the whole front end off. So i removed the following...
- Cornor Lenses
- Front bumper
- Radiator Core support
- Radiator
- Ac condensor? not sure what it was, ran from the compressor and looked like a radiator in front of the radiator
- top ac lines
- Bumper reinforcement bar
After doing so, i had a clear view of the front/or rightside of the engine. Now im able to get to everything i need really. I removed the headshield, O2 sensor just because i could. Lol. Now i need to know what size wrench it takes to removed those two metal pipes running into the Exhaust mani from the left side. I didnt know where to start to take the head off. So i started there.
Where is a good website to get some Good Valves and what not? I just want to get this car running to the state where I can drive it back and forth to work, then sell it later on. Ill take pics as I move further into this project. Any help would be great. Thanks
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