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Poor, tired 302 minus intake, valve covers, and valvetrain.
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Passenger side of block, with head gasket still in place. Both block drain plugs were stripped, so we had to drain the water jackets by siphoning through a lower head bolt hole -- hence the coolant in the #4 cylinder, which leaked in as we were taking the head off.
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Driver's side, gasket stuck to head instead. Notice the huge baked-on carbon deposits up in the lifter valley in this shot and the last -- up to 1" thick in places. I won't be able to get the #6 exhaust lifter out without chiseling off carbon above it.
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Driver's side head, w/ gasket. Check out all the beautiful carbon buildup in the combustion chambers.
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I love all the semi-solidified sludge in the manifold bolt pockets. Three out of four were full. No idea how -- this should be a sealed-off pocket, as far as I know.
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The only casting numbers I could find *anywhere* on these heads. At least they match.
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Cleaning the lifter valley, firedeck, and pistons.
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Looks a heck of a lot better now, huh?
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Rockers and pushrods. Check. New gaskets and seals. Check. No more foul goop. Check.
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Lower manifold and freshened injectors with fuel rail.
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Valve covers, plug wires, and ready to sit until it can go back in.
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302 Teardown
