oldschool1
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For those that don't know the story, I'm a Mark VII collector that has had this car for over a year and am now replacing the head gasket.
Well, I gotta start somewhere. I went to remove the fan clutch and instantly needed a specialty tool.
T84P-6312-A Water Pump Holding Tool
T84P-6312-B Fan Clutch Wrench
Woo Hoo! I have the tools! Thanks Dereck ... you're the best! I'm finding what appears to be brass screws(?) If so, that 's great for expansion and contraction and heat but is gonna be brutal on snapped bolts. It's cool, I only snapped one today (a radiator hose clip). The radiator is out of the way so it was pretty straight forward. I have standard and metric sockets but a metric open end set would help here. I removed the air intake filter housing and the belts and hoses and vacuum lines and a couple of electrical connections. I finally came to the timing belt cover and the twenty two year old gasket grumbled in my hands. The thermostat looked good but will definitely be replaced. It too had a twenty two year old gasket on it
That's all for today. Pictures at:
http://thelincolnmarkviiclub.org/Gallery/oldschool4
starting with #4024.
Well, I gotta start somewhere. I went to remove the fan clutch and instantly needed a specialty tool.
T84P-6312-A Water Pump Holding Tool
T84P-6312-B Fan Clutch Wrench
Woo Hoo! I have the tools! Thanks Dereck ... you're the best! I'm finding what appears to be brass screws(?) If so, that 's great for expansion and contraction and heat but is gonna be brutal on snapped bolts. It's cool, I only snapped one today (a radiator hose clip). The radiator is out of the way so it was pretty straight forward. I have standard and metric sockets but a metric open end set would help here. I removed the air intake filter housing and the belts and hoses and vacuum lines and a couple of electrical connections. I finally came to the timing belt cover and the twenty two year old gasket grumbled in my hands. The thermostat looked good but will definitely be replaced. It too had a twenty two year old gasket on it
That's all for today. Pictures at:
http://thelincolnmarkviiclub.org/Gallery/oldschool4
starting with #4024.