newbie 17 year old needs help with a head swap and front reseal...help...please??????

[lovemy924S]

I am really going to need some help with this swap guys, this car that i'm getting on sunday has a stuck valve, and needs work anyway, but there's no way that i'm going to be able to do this by myself. please, if anyone is in the bowie, maryland area, email me at bluehellfire666@verizon.net, i really really need help here guys!


Thanks so much for your help in the past, hopefully someone can come through for me here!
Ethan Cooper

[bholmes]

Never under estimate yourself.

[944 Ecology]

These valves don't stick. They are either bent or burned.

[lovemy924S]

shoot! well i'm gonna be opening the engine up so i'll be able to see if the pistons have holes in the top...i really hope they don't, if they do then i will be p!$$3d off

[lovemy924S]

Originally Posted by bholmes

Never under estimate yourself.

I wouldn't underestimate myself if i had even the tiniest bit of experience working on engines, but i don't, except for my nitro rc truck, but that's VERY different, plus i don't have a garage, or a canopy, so this is going to be done in the driveway, which means it needs to be done more quickly that i could possibly do it by myself reading instructions out of a book...see my point?

Thanks
Ethan

[many944s]

Head over to www.clarks-garage.com

There are detailed instructions there that should be very helpful!

-Nick

[lovemy924S]

oh i'm over there all the time, don't worry about that. i did find the site a little difficult to maneuver around, just because stuff is a little scattered, but i've had it bookmarked for probably a year now, lol.

[Tervuren]

Originally Posted by lovemy924S

I wouldn't underestimate myself if i had even the tiniest bit of experience working on engines, but i don't, except for my nitro rc truck, but that's VERY different, plus i don't have a garage, or a canopy, so this is going to be done in the driveway, which means it needs to be done more quickly that i could possibly do it by myself reading instructions out of a book...see my point?

Thanks
Ethan

similar position, no place to work on my car. I've managed to do something with my '84. To build my experience, if any friend is working on something, I ask if I can help out. Eventually, the '86 will hit the road again, but I'm not at that place yet.

[lovemy924S]

i see you point, and if i knew anyone (in person) who owned a 944 i'd be over there all the time, but i don't. I know a few people who have worked on them before, but they are few, far between, and amazingly difficult to get to commit to showing up and helping.

So once again i'll ask for help, if anyone is in my area. It wouldn't be all for nothing, i would throw you a little something after everything's done, but to do this by myself would be an almost unnaccomplishable (real word??) feat.

Thanks again guys
Ethan