Well, I dun uckfayed up the first time I installed the head gasket. It can go in two ways... one way blocks off the oil passage to the distributor, the other is the correct way.
First time was the wrong way. Well, whatever, got a new head gasket, put it in, correctly this time. Took me 4 times of checking and double checking that it was indeed the correct way before I put the head on. Everything else went swimmingly.
Until I go to add the coolant.
Coolant leaks. All of the coolant leaks. Didn't even need to turn over the car and coolant just pisses out.
Got a camera under the car to see where it's coming from, and it appears to be from the block heater, which is in the worst possible spot to get hand tools up there.
So because I do not want to remove everything to install a new block heater, when it's garage stored, I'm weighing my options.
1) Remove the block heater plug (the wires, not the physical plug), JB Weld all of it and hope that it doesn't leak again.
2) Leave the block heater plug in, JB weld around it, hope it doesn't leak.
3) Remove and put in a new block heater assy.
That's my conundrum.
But also got other things for this. That'll come later.
