d-wood

How do I clean the big ports on my exhaust manifold without getting stuff in my cylinders? I want to clean the big ports and those little ones above it.
I also want to clean the side with my intake without damaging anything. Ive included some pics of my manifold side and my intake side. Thanks.

http://i1356.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1350612183

http://i1356.photobucket.com/albums/...00A12CED12.jpg

d-wood

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kawazx636

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I wouldn't even try in with the head on the block, you run the risk of droping debris into you valves, or even worse, into your cylinders. If you were to still attempt it, I would just use a plastic scraper and a vacuum to suck all the junk out as it falls. Otherwise, I would just pull the head and clean it up/replace it. Have you thought about doing a rebuild??

d-wood

I don't feel I have the skills to do a rebuild. Is it hard to do? I can do some things but I never attempted a rebuild.

kawazx636

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It's rather easy to do. I've always been fairly good with a wrench and successfully rebuilt a Chevy 350 for my first engine rebuild. I helped my pops rebuild the 289 in his 68 mustang. I then got into racing motorcycles and could rebuild Kawasaki engines in a day. I just started rebuilding my first 22R - so far it seems to be by far the easiest rebuild that I've done yet. Motors are easy, take them apart and part them back together in the reverse order. Label hardware and parts and make the appropriate measurements along the way. Get yourself a factory service manual for your truck and follow its step by step instructions.

Oh and make friends with a reputable machine shop.

d-wood

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Hmmmm. I think ill probally ride around with it the way it is after I get it going the way I want. Then Ill maybe do a rebuild. Regardless you got me motivated to read up on it and search this forum on more info on it. When you said "Make appropriate measurements" Im thinking special tools.LOL...
That's awesome that you can do that stuff. Thanks for the advice.

Bingle

My 22R was my first rebuild, I believe I was 21. Hell, it was my first for just about everything to do with engines. Just grabbed my manual and tore into it!(with an occasional "hey dad, I'm not screwing this up, am I?" I didn't know about yotatech) These are really simple engines and good to learn on.

kawazx636

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Machine shops will do the measurements for you (like I said, make friends with a machine shop). All the tools that you need to do a rebuild are a set of metric sockets, a torque wrench, piston ring compressor, valve spring compressor, some plastigage, assembly lube, but no real specially tools. The machine shop really does most of the work. They'll bore, hone and deck the block; check/grind/polish the crank and cam; hone the rod bearings, wrist pin bushings, cam bearings and crank bearings; cut the valve seats; true and plane the head; and install new valve guides.

All you really have left to do is to put the jog saw puzzle back together

d-wood

Sounds fun now that you put it that way!!!!