Blew a head gasket

[mikev]

Ok got it got together today. Took a lot of cranking to reprime but once it did fire right up! Mikev to answer your question, no I don't think the head gasket blew, some of the head bolts felt very easy to loosen so I think some of them stretched causing the head to lift of the block.
Also got my charging system operating perfectly found a couple of wires that were bad! The trans is also working great, shifts smoothly and with that low stall converter, and low first gear I can actually do a short wheel spin! I took it up to 75 mph and still could have kept going, having overdrive is so nice!

Glad to hear you got it running Iceman!

Thanks for answering my question - after 11 years of owning my '86 M1009 with 54K on it (now), I was wondering if a head gasket job was/is in my "future"...

Sounds like I need to pull my valve covers and check the head bolt torque on mine too...

BTW: My 09 is bone (military) stock and I drive it like I "stole it" from the motor pool, meaning 80 mph all the time and I've had it 95 mph WOT a couple of times...

 

[rickf]

Why are all of your pictures blue??? Sorry, it has just been bugging me and I didn't want to ask until the project was done.

Rick

 

[minimalist]

Why are all of your pictures blue??? Sorry, it has just been bugging me and I didn't want to ask until the project was done.

Rick

Blue denotes the real world, green tint would be the matrix

 

[rickf]

 

[Iceman3005]

its an old digital, the flash makes the pic blue. lol!

 

[jwaller]

would you mind posting the part number of the arp studs. I am putting my 6.5 together and I'd like to use them.
Did you go back with stock head gaskets?

 

[kenz5380]

Iceman, how many miles did you have on that engine when this project began?

 

[Iceman3005]

ARP Head Studs 130-4062. No I used felt/steel head gaskets, they have a better seal and a small ring around each cylinder for turbo applications so the gasket won't blow out. I used Fel-Pro FMC-260-1315. Not sure on the miles, the truck has 74,000 on it but the motor had fresh paint and a rebuild sticker on it, I think it only had maybe 10,000 on the motor. Looks to me like they used the old head bolts.

 

[Iceman3005]

Update: just had a freeze plug on the head start to leak so had too take intake back off remove the freeze plug, went too auto store and got a new one but don't have time too install tonight. Its the little tiny one on the head 7/16 of an inch, a pain to get out.

 

[Iceman3005]

Got the freeze plug changed, fired it up doesn't appear to be any leaks.......keep my fingers crossed.