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Originally Posted by philippe
Thanks for the link.
I suppose 3.5 V8s can require simply a head gasket remplacement from time to time, without it meaning I've got a cracked block?
The more I read on the forum, the more doom and gloom I am finding!
For example I thought I had a transfer case clunk until I retorqued my newly fitted suspension bushes and everything went quiet again....
Thanks again for the link.
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OK, I got brave and started to take it all apart today. Taking it slowly I managed to get the intake manifold off and all the plumbing away including the injection system in a little over two hours. Nothing snapped or broke but I cursed Mr. Haynes a few times. Its amazing how many times you have to flick forward and backwards between chapters with these damned manuals to have a logical working order. Anyhow it seems that some demented monkey has been working on the car in the past as there are signs of some quality bodging having gone on...? Example, two top hose radiator/waterpump clips...the second one to hide the fact that the hose was nearly spilt and the vacuum advance module on the distributor basically hanging off because the screws were not done up with also one vacuum pipe plugged with with a self tapper screw...nice!
I tried to label things logically, but boy is there a lot of plumbing with these cars!
The plenum chamber was not too crudy but the ram pipes had a good tarnished finish. Some of the pipes connecting to the plenum chamber simply slid of which makes me wonder if they were not leaking somehow and got loose with age. I'll add a zip tie or two when I put it all together again. Amazingly the car seemed to be driving quite well.....maybe these V8s are more forgiving that we give them credit for?
I'll try and get the heads off tomorrow and will post any new news.
Any advice about how and where the distributor should be plumbed in? I have two small bore pipes coming out of the unit with one of then plugged....Will update soon. Best regards,
Philippe
