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Hey Experts,
I'm getting ready to dive into my '89 Raider. I hope to post a build thread later. I am replacing the valve cover gasket and doing some other house cleaning (like, literally) that I haven't done since I bought it. A lot of the little stuff (O2, PCV, etc) and the timing belt. The service manual lists 6 easy steps on the timing belt while Chilton's has 25. The former is clearly scarce while the latter has a lot of details around TDC which will be new territory for me.
What should I expect?
Also, I'm migrating parts from my '91 LS donor. The main things being cruise, oil cooler, headlight washer and A/C. I'd kinda like to do all of this at once "while I'm in there". I'm a fair-to-middlin' mechanic and concerned about jacking something up and then having to back track a long ways. Obviously the AC and Cruise have the biggest variables/impact.
Suggestions? Do the timing belt and the smaller items as one job, then the bigger items in another push?
Or throw caution to the wind and hopefully not post a lot of questions here? No guarantees on that, anyways.
Thanks!
I'm getting ready to dive into my '89 Raider. I hope to post a build thread later. I am replacing the valve cover gasket and doing some other house cleaning (like, literally) that I haven't done since I bought it. A lot of the little stuff (O2, PCV, etc) and the timing belt. The service manual lists 6 easy steps on the timing belt while Chilton's has 25. The former is clearly scarce while the latter has a lot of details around TDC which will be new territory for me.
What should I expect?
Also, I'm migrating parts from my '91 LS donor. The main things being cruise, oil cooler, headlight washer and A/C. I'd kinda like to do all of this at once "while I'm in there". I'm a fair-to-middlin' mechanic and concerned about jacking something up and then having to back track a long ways. Obviously the AC and Cruise have the biggest variables/impact.
Suggestions? Do the timing belt and the smaller items as one job, then the bigger items in another push?
Or throw caution to the wind and hopefully not post a lot of questions here? No guarantees on that, anyways.
Thanks!