and you are going to polish the nifty "D" shaped washers under the head stud nuts

as well as the copper sealing washers under the cam cover nuts as well?

   you do have the two engine lift hoops on the top end as well?

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  this is the prime time to buff the two cam covers too.....

now lemmie see , how would i know this.......and of course you are polishing the breather assembly and it's retainers on the front of the head?  

roflmao!   and it will never ever leak again....

to be honest lester , i seriously think this is possible considering the size and weight of that top end assembly and it's resting on the block on the studs if you are dead serious about it being able to not be disturbed in any fashion!   if you need to replace the head gasket you are looking at a huge "pita" removing the upper timing chain without screwing up the lower timing chain's tensioner.    that means removal of the pan to get the lower two timing cover bolts out to get acess to the tensioner for the lower timing chain you know? disassembly to almost a short block is almost impossible in the 3.8L or 4.2L without engine removal from the car.  i know the "saloon" has a removable front crossmember to allow the pan's removal in chassis.   i do not remember if the e-type has the same removable front crossmember as well.   

and that crossmember has the entire front suspension and steering attatched to it!   so brake hose detatchment as well as steering column detatchment is included in the disassembly of that procedure too.   looking at some real serious fun if the head gasket looses it's  seal. 

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Man, I have already decided that if there is a problem it will be engine rebuild time, that and the tranny are the only items that I haven't gone through yet.

 

well we are in the middle of a very high wind rain storm here right now and i must go and get my school bus out of it's garage and warm it up for my morning run.   driving rain in high winds (forcasted as high as up to around 50mph) in a school bus should be fun....i start my morning run around 6:30am.

 

let me know how the repaint job ends up on the jag.    it's a good thing i've never done that before.......LOL! 

Tell me about it man..

 

chuck

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From: Lester <oldsaabguy-Wuw85uim5zDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
To: vSAAB-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org
Sent: Tue, November 30, 2010 3:45:55 PM
Subject: Re: [vSAAB] torque question

Hah!  Nope, just put a racing de-tuned 1380 in the Bugeye so it's good.. heh.  No , this is for the E-Type 4.2.  The cylinder head is supposed to be painted gold and mine isn't and it bugs me.  To paint it all of the top cylinder head chrome nuts have to come off, the silver paint stripped off, a little chemical prep maybe then gold paint.

Lester

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