So, the eng/gbox is out of the bay. Took extra hours due to heavily corroded bolts/nuts/etc around the exhaust and parking brake sections but things should speed up once getting to this stage. There were several loose bolts ...
Not looking forward in painting this rear valve cover. It’s going to take some time for the preparation….. Time to look into the rear O2 sensor. I can confirm that it was cross-threaded last ...
Wow, what a mess around the rear bank cam shaft seal disc. Proof of the old original WP design from the factory. You can no longer get this design for the WP as well as for the TB lower cover. ...
While the header was hot before the compression check, started loosening the O2 sensors. As always, front one was easy and no problem so just placed it back to keep good seal before start washing the engine. ...
Although this needs to be replaced again when the owner puts back the CAT, new OEM gasket at the front exh pipe. Forgot to order another one for the rear but as it's going to be short life before putting back the CAT, just squashed the existing one in cross direction to fatten it so that it ...