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<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>Funny, your message hit
just as I was doing some last-minute research on that very project!
Without back-up transportation, I have to make sure I can start early enough to
get done before sundown and assuming I can get a break from the regular rainfall
we've been getting.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>I thought I had all my
parts and tools lined up for the job, but now as I review the tech-manual I'm
wondering about the GASKET for the valve cover.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>Traditional American
motors up through the mid-80s use cheesy gaskets that cook onto the heads and
usually come apart upon removal after a number of years; however, I was
delighted to find the <STRONG>embedded-type plastic gasket</STRONG> on my '89
Trans Am heads. You don't even have to be that careful removing the
cover; the gasket remains fixed and resilient in its channel.
<STRONG><FONT color=#800000>Will the Syclone valve covers be the
same</FONT></STRONG>, or do I need to order up a new set of gaskets before I get
those covers off? The Great Unknown! <STRONG><FONT
color=#800000>Anybody out there with the answer?</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>You can see my
anxiety. If I hadn't been unpleasantly SURPRISED so many times in the past
by such little, petty crap that grinds everything to a halt I wouldn't be such a
conservative fuddy-duddy today....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>I've also got some
shortcuts in mind for this job... I hardly ever do anything by the book
anymore. Most of those procedures are written for the paranoid. I'll
try to keep up the record of what I end up doing....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>D.O.
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=gary@thesantacruzhouse.com
href="mailto:gary@thesantacruzhouse.com">Gary H</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=seravilo@netzero.net
href="mailto:seravilo@netzero.net">DOlivares</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A
title=stevehatheway@thecrosbygroup.com
href="mailto:stevehatheway@thecrosbygroup.com">Steve Hatheway</A> ; <A
title=syty@syty.org href="mailto:syty@syty.org">SYTY</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 30, 2007 3:09
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Syty] Re: SyTy</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Can you document/take pics of the valve stem seal R&R? I've
been wanting <BR>to do this for some time and I think I'll have time this
summer to work <BR>on the Ty.<BR>Gary<BR><BR>DOlivares wrote:<BR>>
Nope,<BR>> <BR>> At least I don't think so. The engine/turbo
has never been apart such <BR>> that I could have possibly left out a
critical piece. At better than <BR>> 140k miles, there's no question
that a complete overhaul is in order, <BR>> but, recent smoke aside, it
just runs so damn great! Not enough <BR>> reason for a
tear-down....<BR>> <BR>> I thought about a turbo leak from the
oil-supply line but couldn't <BR>> figure out the mechanism for so much oil
to be getting into the <BR>> exhaust, especially /only at certain
idle-times/: Only after coming <BR>> off an extended cruise or burst
if speed, at full operating temp (180 <BR>> as I recall), and the engine
winds down to idle speed does the <BR>> embarrassing smokescreen come
up. You should see all the dirt looks I <BR>> get from those
Prius-owners!<BR>> <BR>> However, I recently found that if I can
keep the rpm up over 1200 at <BR>> stoplights and such, I can greatly
minimize or even eliminate the <BR>> smoke problem! This technique,
combined with fresh 10W40 oil, a can <BR>> of /_STP_/ and a can of
_/Restore/_, I only generate about 1/3 the <BR>> volume of smoke as I did
last week in the worst-case scenario. What's <BR>> more, now the
smoke is practically ALL BLUE, whereas before it was <BR>> mostly WHITE...
the difference between burning traditional, <BR>> mineral-based oil vs. Red
Line synthetic...? Who knows, after another <BR>> couple of weeks
with these additives, I may even be able to reduce all <BR>> smoking to no
more than one of my favorite Jamaican cigars! <BR>> <BR>>
Meanwhile, I ordered a set of new valve-stem seals from RockAuto and <BR>>
next week expect to replace at least the driver's-side bank of units <BR>>
(the easier-to-remove valve cover), which theoretically should reduce <BR>>
at least 50% of the smoke and maybe keep things stable enough for me <BR>>
to wait to get another vehicle running, tagged, and insured so that I <BR>>
can totally decommission Ol' Reliable Syclone #773 and start on its <BR>>
dream-motor... titanium rods and all!<BR>> <BR>> Stay
tuned,<BR>> <BR>> D.O.<BR>>
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----- Original Message -----<BR>> *From:* Steve
Hatheway <<A
href="mailto:stevehatheway@thecrosbygroup.com">mailto:stevehatheway@thecrosbygroup.com</A>><BR>>
*To:* <A href="mailto:seravilo@netzero.net">seravilo@netzero.net</A> <<A
href="mailto:seravilo@netzero.net">mailto:seravilo@netzero.net</A>><BR>>
*Sent:* Monday, June 18, 2007 10:44 AM<BR>>
*Subject:* SyTy<BR>><BR>> Make sure you don't
have a turbo seal out, they can real smoke
alot.<BR>>
Steve<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Message:
1<BR>> Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:38:03
-0500<BR>> From: "DOlivares" <<A
href="mailto:seravilo@netzero.net">seravilo@netzero.net</A> <<A
href="mailto:seravilo@netzero.net">mailto:seravilo@netzero.net</A>>><BR>>
Subject: [Syty] Roller Rockers...<BR>> To: "SYTY"
<<A href="mailto:syty@syty.org">syty@syty.org</A> <<A
href="mailto:syty@syty.org">mailto:syty@syty.org</A>>><BR>>
Message-ID: <<A
href="mailto:004901c7aeed$d2047c60$2f406b43@coresys1">004901c7aeed$d2047c60$2f406b43@coresys1</A><BR>>
<<A
href="mailto:004901c7aeed$d2047c60$2f406b43@coresys1">mailto:004901c7aeed$d2047c60$2f406b43@coresys1</A>>><BR>>
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charset="windows-1252"<BR>><BR>> My 'Clone's
valve guides and/or seals have had it and I gotta
do<BR>> something before the EPA-cops give me a
ticket! After coming to a<BR>> stop at a
light or sign-- once the oil warms up... even
5W50!--<BR>> after a cruise, I get ENVELOPED in a
pillar of cloud that is<BR>> reminiscent of Moses
and the boys running around in the desert! <BR>>
This problem just crept up on me during the past few months and
I<BR>> gotta do something
fast.<BR>><BR>> Naturally, for me, a simple
valve-seal repair isn't good enough. <BR>> Here's
my chance to pop-in my new injectors, convert to
rollers,<BR>> and maybe even swap the heads!
Anybody know anything about<BR>> McCoy's "Stage 2"
heads, now on sale for $495 (a pair or each?)<BR>>
and why they're so much cheaper than the Stage
1s?<BR>><BR>> Anybody have any luck swapping-in
ROLLER-ROCKERS, with new or<BR>> reused pushrods,
on a stock set of heads? (I did a
Crane-swap-out<BR>> on my TTA many years ago--
Chevy self-centering units-- only to<BR>> break 2
of 'em when my CPU or ignition system went berserk
and<BR>> misfired the whole engine and shredded my
TCC....)<BR>><BR>> Thanx in
advance,<BR>><BR>> D.O.<BR>><BR>>
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