Head gasket replacement 1998 K2500

[kennythewelder]

Me and this pulley do not see eye to eye.

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Dude, they make a tool to remove that pulley. Then you can access the bolt that holds the pump on. It's a press fit. Meaning, it takes a tool to pull the pulley off of the shaft. If you don't want to spend less than $25 for 1, AutoZone will rent you 1 for free.

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[Piratehunter]

you need the tool above to put the pulley back on too. O’Rileys will loan it to you also

 

[TommyJ1980]

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[TommyJ1980]

you need the tool above to put the pulley back on too. O’Rileys will loan it to you also

I tried two different ones and they just destroyed the lip so a tool couldn’t grab hold of it any more. Got a new pulley. Should’ve started with penetrant…lesson learned.

 

[TommyJ1980]

Quick question- I have this cardboard template to keep the pushrods and rocker arms to where they go back in the same exact spot, but I didn’t realize the exact same nuts should go back in the same spot they came off of as well- is it going to be a big problem if the nuts got mixed up and went back in different spots than they came out of? Thanks.

 

[TommyJ1980]

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[Piratehunter]

I would just replace the nuts, they don’t need to be matched back to the stud they came off of. They are swaged at the top to help lock them.

 

[TommyJ1980]

‘Nother question here- everything in this engine is coated with this nasty brown sludge from coolant and oil mixed together. I am cleaning the valve covers and soaking the cylinder heads and cleaning them, but for the part between the cylinders, should I just wipe it out as best I can? I’m already planning on changing the oil a couple times after I get it all back together, just wondering about the cleanup for the parts that don’t come out of the engine- thanks.

 

[Piratehunter]

You should want to drain more coolant out of the block. There is a lot in the lifter valley, that needs to be soaked up and you might want to pour across it some cheap oil and drain the pan a couple of times.
take the lifter spider off to clean the valley. A quick rinse of the lifters in mineral spirts and back in the same hole. Clean the spider bolt holes, and loctite them when you put that all back together

 

[Piratehunter]

Maybe use a shop vac to get most of that coolant out of there before drying it up with paper towels.