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So, I had to take the cylinder heads in to get machined at a shop. They put it all back together and saved me from having to do the shim clearances I think, and it's being put back together. Do I need to replace the hex nuts for the cylinder head? 90179-10414-00 - I was told that they need to be...

This is what happened - when I finally separated the head, the valves are jammed with melted\hunks of pillow fluff. Next step is to clear it all out. Do I need to machine the heads at this point? And get new head gaskets and read the manual more. Trying to teach myself how to work on this...

Thank you - that was another very fuzzy but important situation I needed help understanding. Great video.

I pulled the vboost and carbs and found that pillow stuffing was in intake ports- we tried to burn it out at first but simply couldn't reach any further into the engine. So at the point where I have it now, can I just carefully break loose the hex bolts holding the heads down and pull that...

Here's the short version - I couldn't find my airbox so my mechanic friend suggested we try a combustion test with starter fluid and material that was supposed to be a makeshift filter to determine if the engine would turn over. We spray some starter fluid and the engine turns over and we get...