OT - Guess What I Forgot

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Andrew Harris on Monday, June 29, 2015 - 11:00 pm:

Guess what I forgot to do before removing the top....




Important tip!!!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Keith Townsend ; ^ ) Gresham, Orygun on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 01:06 am:

Andrew-

Please tell me that after you clean up that Anti-Freeze mess that you are going to take out those two-piece valves!

: ^ )

Keith


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By George n Los Angeles CA on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 03:03 am:

Not the first or last time that's happened.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 04:40 am:

I seem to recall that I did that once!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mark Myers_____Pittsburgh, PA on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 07:16 am:

Maybe it's the lighting but that looks like more than a 50/50 mix of anti-freeze and water? The winters in PA require that ratio and my coolant isn't anywhere near that green...


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By G.R.Cheshire on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 07:34 am:

Shoo the pets away until it is cleaned up!:-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tim Wrenn-Monroeville OH on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 08:36 am:

EEE-Yuck!! Too bad for the senior moment. And as G.R. says, keep the pets away. This is why I've switched all mine over to the "Low Tox" antifreeze. An animal will migrate to that sweet tasting stuff faster than you can stop 'em! Two licks is all it takes to do severe damage, if not kill 'em.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Keith Gumbinger, Kenosha, WI on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 09:06 am:

Andrew - Ya, but it could have been worse.....


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Fred Dimock, Newfields NH, USA on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 09:13 am:

I know -- I know -- I know

You forgot to disconnect the horn wire.
I hate it when that happens - especially when one of the kids are playing in the car


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By john kuehn on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 09:16 am:

And while you have the head off clean out the water jacket passages in the block. Every little bit helps!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Andrew Harris on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 09:44 am:

I just thought I'd share my embarrassing moment. After getting the radiator cap off, top looked dry, it smelled dry. But I guess the engine kept some. Lucky for me I did have a drip pan that caught most of it.
As far as pets go, I don't have to worry about that. Unless you count the cockroaches I see. I have no idea if its 50/50 or not. And depending on the budget, I'll check into the two-piece valves.
On the plus side, no leaks around the pistons!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Walker, NW AR on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 10:53 am:

Andrew -- See this recent thread:

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/506218/552074.html?1435414191


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Norman T. Kling on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 11:07 am:

Now you will need to drain the oil and flush out the dips. That green stuff can get past rings and contaminate the oil.

I have done what you did. I even many years ago removed one head from a flat head V8 and started it up with one head. Just for a few seconds. I could see the pistons and valves moving up and down.
Norm


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By George Andreasen on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 11:18 am:

At least you didn't forget to reinstall the oil tube inside the block like some people I could mention......ahem.:-(

Fortunately, it was remembered at the last moment...

After sopping up the mess, squirt some WD40 around each piston. It's a water repellant oil and will get that stuff out of the cylinders. Then drain and change your oil a couple of times afterwards.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kevin Holland, Utah on Thursday, July 02, 2015 - 04:31 pm:

I call them " Gezzer Moments ". I have been having them since I turned 40. That's 25 years ago.


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