I feel myself slipping down the rabbit hole and need some guidance from those who've been there.
I had the transmission out for a rebuild and thought, since I have the exhaust disconnected from the manifolds, maybe I should remove the manifolds, clean them up and replace the rusted hardware. Boom! Manifolds off, heat shielding removed and wow, look at all this room I have.
Here's where I need help. Since I have this access I figured I'd replace the valve seals which are probably original and must be in need of attention. As long as I'm in there, how about fresh valve springs? I've lost some spring in 40+ years, these must have too. To compound the problem, a friend is offering me a new set of comp-cam roller-tip, rocker arms (part# 1412-16) at half price. So, seals only, seals and springs, seals springs and rockers?
Having never done this before, I'm wondering which part replacements are a good idea and which are just inviting trouble?
New heads are out of the question right now and I'm really not in the mood to remove the existing ones with driving season on the door step. I'd really rather not remove the intake either so lifters and cam are staying put.
There's a tiny bit of smoke on start-up but all-in-all it's a good running motor.
The car is a 1975 L82 4-spd.
Who's for helping my push the stick forward and who's for pulling back?
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