datsunaholic Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Well, nice weather, and not wanting to fight Evergreen Fair traffic I decided, tackle the blown head gasket/broken head bolt on the '82 310. Getting the head out of the spaghetti of hoses was fun... The intention was to take the head off with manifolds attached since I couldn't get the EGR tube loose. But, I tried one more time. Shouldn't have, because I only managed to break the EGR body instead: Well, crap, but now I can pull the head without trying to lift the manifolds too. Good news was the broken bolt actually stuck up above the block deck a tiny amount: Not much, it did allow grip from vice grips but wouldn't turn. Gave it a few smacks with a BFH and sure enough it backed right out: head doesn't look like it burned at all, the gasket was definitely cooked though #2 and #3 fire rings out to the coolant passages. I'll still have to check it for flatness but so far seems OK. Filthy though. But, in addition to the broken EGR, I was examining the exhaust manifold and it's got stress fractures all over the place. Some have blown out where recirculation lines are hooked up for the air pump. So, I need an exhaust manifold too. Finding a E15S manifold is not easy, not too many '82 310s or '82 Sentras on yards anymore. It's a really specific year, only '82 and part of '83, then they went to a different engine and I don't know if the manifolds are compatible with the E16i. Quote Link to comment
2doorTurd Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Dude, I love 310s, get that baby back on the road! Quote Link to comment
datsunaholic Posted September 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Well, I will, once I find a good exhaust manifold. The car really isn't worth getting a custom header made for it, and the cracks are too significant (and too numerous) to weld. Well, that and getting the head cleaned up. Probably warped, seeing that the manifold got hotter than Hades. These things had really bad overheating issues. Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 I've seen quite a few of those at Pick-n-Pull earlier this year. Keep checking every week. Even found more than one brand-new head gasket. Quote Link to comment
king bee66 Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 thats one ugly shaped exhaust mani Quote Link to comment
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