FRI'd potatoes

**BoiseHemi** · 07-21-2007, 11:25 PM

Well day one is in the books and right now I am real close to start putting it all back together. It's a little intimidating seeing my ride torn apart like that....I know it will all turn out good. Thanks to all those who helped over the phone and in person. I will be back at it tomorrow morning to hopefully finish it out. Oh ya my NoESP showed up today also...yaaaa!

**BoiseHemi** · 07-22-2007, 11:18 AM

Ok here we go, day 2. Hopefully I will be able to hear her fire up today but no rush, takin my time.

**FlyByU** · 07-22-2007, 11:19 AM

Cant wait to hear how happy you are with the results

**Big Bob** · 07-22-2007, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by FlyByU

Cant wait to hear how happy you are with the results

Me Too!!!!!!!

**HalV48** · 07-22-2007, 12:54 PM

Hey, I'm in Boise on business.

AWD, cool.

**Big D** · 07-22-2007, 09:11 PM

Looking forward to seeing your results. GET R DONE, lol.

**MomsR/T** · 07-22-2007, 10:53 PM

whats the story bro.............

I just got off the plane a while ago, ate dinner w/ la familia and was rapping with Steve for a bit; sounds like YOU have had the adventure while I merely played in the jungle.

Done yet?

**BoiseHemi** · 07-22-2007, 11:31 PM

Ohhhh ya it has been a day....only one broken head bolt...one of the small ones. Thank GOD for LoGo "Don" who came down from Portland, he worked on that damn bolt and got it out! I am one lucky sommmbitch. Anyway now I am worried I missed something like torquing town the timing chain tension plate but I am sure I got it, my mind went to mush and my gut knotted up when the bolt broke...anyway its pretty much all together in the front. Just got to get a new bolt and put on the intake, put back on the high flows and plug some stuff in. It has been and adventure I want to thank Hemi31 and Steve for all the phone help...I am sure I will be calling you back.

By the way that damn crank bolt is one tough cookie I gave it all I had to get it torqued down...man thought I was going to break another one. I am going to bed and hopefully my mind will slow down so I can get some sleep. Later.

**LowGo** · 07-26-2007, 03:32 AM

So... have you got it done yet? I'm really looking forward to hearing how you like the results!

**JonzMgnm** · 07-26-2007, 06:26 AM

Well, BH......what's the scoop?

Is it done yet?

**BoiseHemi** · 07-26-2007, 06:57 AM

Ok I will bring all up to date, while I was waiting on the broken head bolt to show up at the dealer, yes broken head bolt..... lets just say LowGo is my hero and I owe him big time for getting it out. Anyway I was just doing what I could so I started to put the coolant back into the block when I started to hear a drip on the ground....yep right underneath the head on the passenger side!

I freaked out and got to looking...long story but I put the head gaskets on wrong! Rookie mistake I thought the left and right side were for how you were looking at the motor not behind the wheel. So I called the dealer they are 3-4 days out for everything, called back Franks and he shipped it all overnight to me.

Wow what a week and to top it off I am working long hours at work so I only get a couple of hours a night to work on the car....last night I pulled all the bolts except for a couple in the heads, pulled the AC condenser, so I can be ready to pull the heads back off tonight. I did put in the NoESP mod and re-routed my N20 purge lines...pretty easy with the nose off. I will let you all know how it goes, probably won't be able to get around to firing it up until Fri. Wish me luck!

**rander** · 07-26-2007, 07:43 AM

Are you talking about one of those valve spring shaft bolts? I broke one of those sonovaguns and took me a few hours to fish it out as well LOL

I hear you there.

Make sure you get that timing right. MangoInTx and I had to tear it down a second time because I was throwing a cam/crank sync code. Good luck brother!

Originally Posted by BoiseHemi

Ohhhh ya it has been a day....only one broken head bolt...one of the small ones.

**RTaddiction** · 07-26-2007, 07:49 AM

Man all this talk of breaking bolts scares the crap outta me. How the he!! do you get those out??

**FlyByU** · 07-26-2007, 10:26 AM

This is great. You guys are true gear heads in my book.

**mikespy** · 07-26-2007, 10:37 AM

Don't feel too bad boise. I've broken an intake manifold bolt and had to use the smallest tap to take her out. I was able to do it with the intake on. I have also broken a valve cover bolt on the pass. side. Same deal. Small bolts on these hemis run about 3 bucks...

Oh and did i mention that my first was a header bolt!!! Guess that why torque wrenches were invented.......For guys like me!!!!!