Oh no, what have I done... Part 2

[Chris GTO TT]

I finally finished pulling the engine this afternoon and pulled the heads off. There had to have been a burr or something on the intake cam at the front journal because it dug in hard. Now the fun of dealing with the shop again.

[Duck Vader]

Good luck

[DCIV]

I finally finished pulling the engine this afternoon and pulled the heads off. There had to have been a burr or something on the intake cam at the front journal because it dug in hard. Now the fun of dealing with the shop again.

Eh. You have a repor. They messed up once I bet it’s easier.


Coop

[ChargerX3]

Round 2!

[Chris GTO TT]

They called this morning and they're building me a new head under warranty

[Duck Vader]

nice

[Chris GTO TT]

Yeah I was honestly expecting another $3k bill

[DCIV]

That’s a huge win!


Coop

[alienviking]

Goody. Should give you a bit of motivation to keep working on this

[ChargerX3]

Hopefully they give you good head........s back.

[DCIV]

Hopefully they give you good head........s back.

I see what you did……..there.


Coop

[Chris GTO TT]

I need to place a final order for parts to reassemble the engine, and I'm not sure where to spend a little extra. The chassis has 250k miles and I'm assuming the harness does too. I've broken a couple of clips on the engine harness, so i'm contemplating a new one from iWire. It's actually a custom built harness from the ground up. My other thought is to get some ARP head studs. I'm not really willing to afford both. The harness is $500 shipped, and the head studs are $250ish shipped. I'm just not sure where the money would be better spent

[Jeff V.]

Which specific clips? Could you maybe replace those individually and then buy the head studs?

[Chris GTO TT]

One of the tgv ones and one on the throttle body. The whole harness is just super brittle because it sits between the intake manifold and the block.

[Jeff V.]

Given how you talk about this car, I wouldn't invest in a new harness. You can probably freshen up the one you have pretty cheap. Some modern Tesa harness tape and a couple of new or good used connectors should fix it right up.

[Chris GTO TT]

Given how you talk about this car, I wouldn't invest in a new harness. You can probably freshen up the one you have pretty cheap. Some modern Tesa harness tape and a couple of new or good used connectors should fix it right up.

I'm kinda thinking about foregoing both items, but i just don't want to have anymore problems with assembly. Hence the headstuds. I might just use some safety wire to hold the clips on

[Jeff V.]

Post a picture of them so I know what you're talking about.

[Chris GTO TT]

Post a picture of them so I know what you're talking about.

This is the throttle body one ...
PXL_20240228_192609237 by christobal65, on Flickr

And

PXL_20240228_192649127.MP by christobal65, on Flickr

This is the TGV connection but it's not the broken clip one.

PXL_20240228_192705460 by christobal65, on Flickr

[Jeff V.]

Those look like they should be pretty easy to disassemble and replace. Do you know if anyone sells them individually?

[Chris GTO TT]

https://iwireusa.com/collections/all/pr ... 007-subaru