Too late for you, but I will never understand why people add RTV to paper gaskets. It just serves to **** off the next guy who has to work on it. If your paper gasket leaks, you didn't prep the surface carefully enough. The only places I use RTV on my engines are the oil pan and the corners of the valve cover, as per the FSM. Everywhere else relies on proper prep technique and standard gaskets.

 

​​​​​​​Oil pump also needs RTV when it mates to the block.

 

To each their own. I'll be the next one working on it. And I'll take being pissed off over some peace of mind about it sealing.

 

Just a suggestion. If you put your paint pen marks down the side of the bolt and onto what you are bolting on. You can use them as witness marks later to see if the fastener has turned.

 

Thanks! I'll do that on some of the more important bolts. A lot of these are just to remind myself as I am building this over a few days.

 

How did you torque down the crank bolt?

 

A lot of grunting. And a prybar

 

u wedged it in the crank? Sorry for the stupid questions but I'm actually curious.

 

2 flywheel bolts threaded quite far in (don't want to trash thre threads). Prybar between the bolts. Roomate pushing prybar, me pushing torque wrench.

 

I've got Crank Pulley bolt as #1 priority on my restart list (which I hope to be tonight so I can beat you )

 

Lol, did you get a new one? I'm pretty sure I'm just valve shims, install head, drop motor in car, away from starting.

 

Did you buy a replacement set of injector O-rings yet? I can practically guarantee that the old ones will leak.

--Ian

 

I actually bought 25 of them.

 

Nope, but it has only been torqued once before (low mileage engine). It is a good couple mm shorter than the one off the 185k motor.

 

Should be good to go. I bought 2. But forgot to measure this one before I put it in. Oh well. Its something I'l have in the spares box, and order a new one if I use it.

 

Planning on rebuilding the motor on three BMWs and a Geo Metro afterwards?

--Ian

 

Here is the link to a 25 pack of upper o rings.

https://www.mcmaster.com/#9263k169/=17ec8e9

And what I believe to be the lower o rings used for head to injector.

https://www.mcmaster.com/#9464k543/=17ec90k

If somebody knows what the upper injector o-ring (between the injector and the adapter) size is that would be great.

 

Lol. Nope, but they don't hurt to keep around. Pretty cheap. And I'll replace them everytime the injectors come out.

I'm slightly worried about my custom fuel rail leaking, so that may be sooner than I hoped.

 

It appears that the same 14mm o ring for the bottom will work on the top of the injector. Smart move.

 

Shims showed up. Back 4 needed about 3 hours of grinding. Front 4 I was able to get into spec without grinding.

Front 4 exhaust are done. So 4 more rear shims and some cleaning and seal installing and the head will be ready.