1970 Duster AlterKtion, 4 Link, LS/T56/Turbo and Minitub
Welp!! Found the culprit! Pulled all the exhaust back off to pull the spark plugs and do a compression test. Cylinder 2 plug was wet and the rest looked great. Threw the compression tester in cylinder 2 and it did all sorts of wonky ****. I was like hmmmm. So I pulled it back apart and the end was soaked >.< lol. So then I turned the car over and blew a bunch of coolant out of cylinder 2. Thats answers that question. Of course I tried the compression tester in cylinder 4 after and it wouldnt work anymore >.< but come the heads!
Sure enough, here it is! You can see where the gasket blew. They were PAPER! My A.D.D. *** was just so excited getting the engine together I pulled the gaskets out of the box and threw them on without paying much attention. Amateur hour over here haha. ACDelco MLS gaskets already ordered.
After that it was only like 2pm so I worked on some stuff I'd been putting off forever. Got the new mirrors on and the hole in the door for the adjustable driver side. My original doors had the hole already. They sure look awesome!
Also the roll bar goes through the speaker holes and the trunk torsion bar things go under the deck lid so I had to get creative cutting the new holes for the speakers. Got that done, dynomatted and a shitty attempt to cover it with extra headliner material, but it will do for now! Getting back there with the cage is really a pain lol.
Welp!! Found the culprit! Pulled all the exhaust back off to pull the spark plugs and do a compression test. Cylinder 2 plug was wet and the rest looked great. Threw the compression tester in cylinder 2 and it did all sorts of wonky ****. I was like hmmmm. So I pulled it back apart and the end was soaked >.< lol. So then I turned the car over and blew a bunch of coolant out of cylinder 2. Thats answers that question. Of course I tried the compression tester in cylinder 4 after and it wouldnt work anymore >.< but come the heads!
Sure enough, here it is! You can see where the gasket blew. They were PAPER! My A.D.D. *** was just so excited getting the engine together I pulled the gaskets out of the box and threw them on without paying much attention. Amateur hour over here haha. ACDelco MLS gaskets already ordered.
After that it was only like 2pm so I worked on some stuff I'd been putting off forever. Got the new mirrors on and the hole in the door for the adjustable driver side. My original doors had the hole already. They sure look awesome!
Also the roll bar goes through the speaker holes and the trunk torsion bar things go under the deck lid so I had to get creative cutting the new holes for the speakers. Got that done, dynomatted and a shitty attempt to cover it with extra headliner material, but it will do for now! Getting back there with the cage is really a pain lol.
