im not doing the exhaust, thinking about not painting the block anymore, i miss my car lol and its only been 3 days , so far that tranny line end is the only thing iv broken. im gonna tackle the y pipe bolts on the camaro tonight then try and get the valve covers off again, i cant seem to get them to move sadly, on the s10 engine i was able to use a pry bar to pop them off, when i tried on the camaro i started to bend them so any tips here guys? im gonna finish pulling the acc stuff off tonight untill i can get the valve covers off so i can pull my intake and swap it over, thats the only thing that stopped me, after i get my acc stuff out im gonna re spray them black so they will look good again. hopping to have this done by the end of the week but since my valve mistake idk is thats gonna happen like i wanted. also where is a good place to hook the chains too on this engine when i pull it? the s10 has brackets that i could hook too, one on the front of the driver side head, and one on the back of the passenger side head but i dont see these on the camaro, and suggestions? ill take more pictures tonight and hopefully make more progress, wish me luck.


on the side note, is it bad when you have to remove the thermostat neck to be able to get the raditor hose off? lol, i couldnt get the hose to budge and i was worried about breaking it or streching it so i just took the neck out.

 

might try that im not sure, i know the s10s heads are aluminum so thats a plus i think, the bottom end seems tight, alittle oil crud on the crank but other than that were good, still worried about the setelminte in the pan though...

 

why?

 

camaros get a lot of sun on the interior due to the windshield and large rear glass. the sun will heat up the oily residue from the armor all and "cook" the plastic and it will eventually become brittle and start cracking

 

oh, update as promised, didnt do much with the camaro today besides i removed the alturnator and the upper brackets to it and the dizzy, on the s10 engine i got the block almost all the way clean, got the dizzy installed but not timed right yet! and got a first layer of paint on. pictures coming soon, btw the valve covers on the engine now im not using, just used them to protect the valves, im gonna have to pull the valves and push rods anyways because i need to replace the lower intake gaskets!!

 

haha what are you referring to as "lower intake gaskets"? I don't see why you'd have to remove the valves and pushrods for ANY gasket replacements

 

the top gark of the gaskets are around the pushrods, ill see if i cant point it out in a picture

 

 

the stuff in red is what i gotta get

 

oh ok gotcha. well if youre taking the pushrods out go agead and make sure none of them are bent. and make sure you put them all back the way they were

 

Yeah those are your intake gaskets, You don't have to remove the pushrods on smallblocks but you do on the 60V6 I believe.

 

how do i get them off then

 

he's saying you will have to remove the pushrods on your engine. it's different than a normal v6

 

ok, also how does my paint look?

 

Paint looks pretty good, post a picture of the engine again once you get your intake mounted on it. I think they look better with the intakes on them lol.

 

I have been reading through this whole thread, I think you got a great deal at $250.00..You have done a great job getting things done! You will find that you will drop money often in these cars. Only because we 3rd Gen owners want them to run and look their best!!! I thought the story behind the car was very beautiful, sorry to hear about your Grandfather. I had a 86 Iroc about 15 years ago, sold it due to family growing. I never stoped regretting selling it. So i was looking to buy a new type sporty car and found my 89 RS, its not the TPI Iroc, but i enjoy it and love working on it. Oh I did the sea foam treatment and thought S*** whats with all the smoke!
I had the injectors cleaned>MORE smoke! After about 3months no more smoke. Runs great! Keep plugging along, you won't regret it. There are times when I think I am going to sell this money hog, but i won't! wishing you the very best!

 

i would but i cant get my valve covers off......., im thinking about painting the intake black, any comments on that? has anyone else done it?

 

thank you, and yes i know we all drop alot of money into these cars, sadly more than we want lol, but i dont mind it, i doing this as a tribute to my grandpa so i want everything to be done correctly on this, i have a picture of my car in the casket with him since we said he was wanting a picture of me driving my car for the first time, he was wanting it for a suprise for me on my 16th birthday for my cake so i made sure he got that picture. i love working on this car, its going to be sweet driving to school in august, we only have 1 other thirdgen there thats a 92 heratige with a fart cannon and a stock 305, hes wrecked it aswell go figure, everytime i get picked up in my car and i drive out and hes out there i can always see him stranning his neck to look at my car, so its nice showing people what these cars look like when theyre done up nice.

 

you have to take off those long bolts with the star shaped heads on them. A small socket will do it, like a 4mm i think

as for the intake... POLISH IT!

 

iv got the bolts out, but i just cant get it to pop lol

 

got alot done today...kinda. i got the 2nd coat of paint on the new block, got the rest of the pullies off the camaro, got the egr tube off but i broke one of the bolts off in there...im just gonna block it off, the new manifolds dont have the passage for it anyways so i cant use it as is. got the valve covers off, everything unplugged besides the grounds, iv got the y pipe bolts, the bellhousing bolts, and the moter mounts and its ready to pull. figured out my exhaust leak, 2 of the passenger side exhaust manifold near the firewall were missing so thus my leak. im ready to get this done guys... i miss my car so much lol, can i put all my accessorys on and stuff before i drop the engine in? i also plan on putting my oil filter on before i drop it in to save me time lol. pictures soon!

 

 

 

 

 

i know with the v8s dropping the engine in with the acc on is almost impossible. with the v6 being shorter you should have enough room to do it.

 

i know i took it out of the s10 with the acc off, looks like ill have enough room to drop it in with but i wanna make sure so i dont mess anything up, i have the raditator out which opened up some room for me. also im lost on what to do, i cant decide between valve covers, i like both lol, i have the black set that came on the s10, but then i also have my grey covers that came with the camaro that i love so im lost, so i want your guys opinions, will be posting pictures soon with both

 

 

 

 

 

black, hands down.

 

im still not sure, ill know tomorrow after my intakes on

 

also tomorrows the big day, should have the car back before tomorrow nights over with!!! so excited. i miss my car

 

also, can i get one of you guy to please look at the engine and tell me where the holes are for the 2 oil pressure sensors are on the driver side? i cant find them :[

 

well guys, the engines out, believe it or not, that engines a junkyard engine!! the oilpans been off and have permatex on it, the heads stamed with a DADS stamp, same with the inside of the water pump so thats always fun to find, after i got the engine out i noticed all my tranny fluid on the ground though, i cant see where its leaking from....i dont think i punctured my pan...atleast i hope not... after i pulled the hoist away, i saw a hole in my blanket i had over the bumber protecting it....oh no.... i ripped through the blanket and messed up my bumber.... perfect..... so i got a busted tranny line, a tranny leak from idk where, my bumbers gorged like hell ,and im leaking power steering fluid......... pictures soon......

 

 

 

 

 

You don't need to make a new post for every single picture.

 

pictures are too large to fit more than 1 in each post

 

you can always resize them and add them as an attatchment instead.

 

try a photobucket account. I can't imagine using forums without one. the IMG tags are a godsend

 

what i do is add them to my albums on here then grab the picture URL under the pic and insert image, heading back to the garage now to finish swpaing sensors, droip te oil pan and clean it up and put it on, i gotta remove my timing chain cover since their different so i gotta remove and clean that, clean my intake and get all the swapped over, put my pushrods back in then i hope drop it in soon...after that i gotta see why my trannys leaking.....

 

well i started assembly today, got the pan, plugs, intake, pushrods, valve covers, timing chain, and water pump on today!!!, im having problems getting the fan switch out, i cant find a socket to fit it, and the other engine has a plug in it and i cant find anything to fit in the hole to be able to pull it out!! grrrrrrrr, i got the aftermarket cruise pulled out today, damn thing didnt work so later on i may add a factory cruise and just be done with everything. still cant see where my tranny is leaking but the jacks in my way too, i didnt puncture the pan so idk what it is... pictures soon, i need help on the plug and what you guys think about my tranny please

 

 

 

Don't like overspray everywhere....

Keep it up

 

[quote=1o80b;4909394]Don't like overspray everywhere....
what over spray?