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Saturday, June 20, 2009

"G" cylinder heads and valve cover baffle differences

Grabbed a set of G heads off a 1971 Toronado for spares. These had valve rotators. The intake stems were dry so the guides are not completely shot. The valves have a good margin and are not recessed so there is some life left.
The bottom clean cover is what came on my 1975 455 and it has a short baffle. The top dirty cover has the long baffle and was on the 71 Toro. Wonder what year they changed?

Monday, June 8, 2009

AC compressor mount gap

Emily Philbin turns 16 and Sue made up this flag we put up so it could be seen from the highway.
Bob Drewes clued me in to the gap that needs to be taken up with a washer on the rear AC compressor mount. The compressor is a Delco reman that is kind of a universal fit all. It can be used with a superheat switch or not and comes with a plug for the switch. I watched the original as it was unbolted and don't remember a gap like this. Gap was about .075". Maybe the difference is in the rear head of the compressor.



Sue got a personal fan. I programmed to display Megasquirt 2 version 3.