belly pan job saturday

From: Patrick and Kelly Engram (patrickandkelly@erols.com)
Date: Thu Apr 17 2003 - 10:32:51 EDT


Sounds like you're getting parts ready for your belly pan job Saturday.
 Here's some things to remember.

Change oil and filter in case antifreeze gets into motor doing job
2 Gallons antifreeze unless you just changed it and you keep the
drained stuff clean.
How are your radiator hoses? Upper has to come off, lower is right
there and easily accessible. Same with heater hoses.
Small tube of black rtv silicone-to hit the corners of the intake
Do you have a fuel line disconnect tool? You're probably gonna need one!
Speaking of cap/wires-good shape? How about the plugs, pcv valve, belt?
Get a good set of valve cover gaskets-Rubber with steel shim, dont use
cork-that's outdated technology
Get a can of intake cleaner-clean the throttle body, iac motor and
passage, and follow tsb on cleaning inside of combustion chamber
You need a 3/8" drive torque wrench due to the low torque values required
Get a throttle body gasket
Make sure you disconnect the battery!
Fender covers!
Loc-tite
Parts cleaner-get a can or 2 to clean everything up with
Check the water pump before you start-any signs of weeping just put a
new one on and also replace the large bypass hose that hooks to the top
of it-this, like some of the other stuff above, is easy to do now with
everything apart.\
 

That should be enough to get you in trouble...
Patrick



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