Chevy & GMC Vans

Thanks for the responses,Gary I think you got it
tomorrow is going to be a nice day & good temps so Steph & I
are working on our daily drivers,doing tune-ups,oil,etc.Sunday is supposed to
be lousy for weather & perfect for setting up a mini booth.
We have decided that the heads are coming off to get ported,valves cleaned,install new seals,guides,springs,keepers checked out/tested.May aswell as I have a buddy at a local machine shop & why not scrape more power now while it's out.

Darren - I have the tools to do valve seals.
As far as a mini booth is concerned it will consist of poly hung from the cieling
then tuck taped with a poly drape to get in & out.Sounds redneck but will work well,
The small shop here is enclosed,heated,insulated & poly'ed already so it acts as a
booth.I will be using a shop fan to extract & boot the main shop door open to vent fumes.
Once it's completed,just roll up the poly & tack it to the cieling & keep it there
for future painting.

Im not a booth builder by any means but I would recommend framing up & sealing
your area for painting.Main key points would be sealing it tight & utilizing a solid
large thru wall mounted extractor fan.A clean floor to soak down before painting
& lighting is easy.
Here's a few pics of the shop I built to give you an idea of whats up.

The framing you see on the wall is there to hang a astro hood for fun



Tractor Dozer blade & assembly I painted in the shop

small drying rack

drain

I dig Pin-Up stuff so Steph painted this chick on the wall

Great pictures..... Thanks for posting.

A..mazing. And the girl can paint too. Very cool.

UPDATE:
Heads are being worked on now @ the machine shop & will be
ready for pick up this friday.

So when are we putting the engine in????? I work for Pizza.

Kidhauler wrote:So when are we putting the engine in????? I work for Pizza.

Patience darling....Patience.
Next weekend the new heads go on,
then paint the block & paint valve covers,pan,& install all new gaskets.

bummer, some of the pics disappeared....

"this image moved or deleted"

Any chance we could get those pics re-linked?

No luck with the previous pics,They were pruned from photobucket.
The heads are on the coffee table along with new headgaskets now.




Early next week I will be removing the heads from the block
& prepping for the new heads.

now that is a thing of beauty

Nice. Did the little furry inspector approve?

The ferret says "Two paws up"

heads are on & torqued,James stopped in on the weekend & helped out with installing the heads.So James here's another reminder to get on it with the vortec heads install with
your van so I can return the favour.
Tonight Stephanie & I installed the pushrods & set the rockers.
Tomorrow I will be picking up a new harmonic balancer,Intake gaskets,Valve cover
gaskets & a pan gasket.
Next weekend we will be painting the engine.
Here's a few pics

Nice work Steph, and yes, you too Sanja.
Who did the head work?

ps; that ferret would make a great Kabey snack.

Kabey's Van wrote:Nice work Steph, and yes, you too Sanja.
Who did the head work?

ps; that ferret would make a great Kabey snack.

The heads were machined/built at a local machine shop in Langley.
I picked up the gasket set today & a new harmonic balancer.
Before installing the new balancer I have to check crank OD & balancer ID
for correct interference fit.