Hope 2 say this in 1 post. I'm learing to take things as they come & not rush things.My house is 4 sale & am moving back to ny; when Ranger took its hit I felt under the gun. Worked on Comet while waiting 4 parts. Mech 4got soft plugs in head. I said I'd do. The plugs I got from autozone seemed a bit small. sunk into holes. Feeling pressure, I decided to dress them with JB wield. Installed head& went to complete installation and decided I didn't like JB Wield idea. Removed head & soft plugs, cleaned out holes. Will get new freeze plugs & install. (btw: a few yrs back I did 53 Plym wgn & had mach shop do soft plugs. On first test drive they blew out or leaked. They were flat ones like silvr dollar; got some cup ones & installed w/ no problems. ) Made up my mind to take no short cuts and do it right. I'm retired stroke victim (in "96 ) so money slows me down some. My stamina is returning a lot & hope my judgement is getting there also. My goal; everything I do is going to make this car BETTER. Its decent shape now ( no rust) and worth good effort. Jan
jnord, give yourself a break, there is lots of paper. Write down a list of what has to be done and cross them off as completed. Do very little guessing about anything because of the headaches it causes if wrong or forgotten. Sounds kind of foolish but makes things much eaiser in the long run and make you feel better about keeping things under control.
Good luck with your projects! I am glad you decided against the jbweld thing! A long time ago, I must have read the torque specs wrong, and would up torqueing a valve cover bolt to 25 pounds (ya I know) needless to say, The bolt snapped off, and being younger, I cried DADDDDDDD!!! Well, he comes with his easy out stuff, and manages to drill out not only the bolt, but most of the flange material the bolt threads into on the head, and drilled right through the bottom of the hole into the water jacket...ooops. This was on my friends 66 289 stang, so we broke out the jbweld and stuffed some in what was left of the bolt hole to stop the coolant leak, then we put the bolt in the remainder of its hole, and pushed jb weld around the other side of it to form a new flange, we then got a razor and shaved it so it looked oem, let it dry, and threw it all back together again. 10 years later no problems. I guess I got lucky huh?
