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There is a sensor on the driver-side head, right behind the PS pump at the front of the head. What is that sensor?

It will be clean when they are done ;) The FFM wasn't messed with.

Ok, good deal...passing on to boys :)

Thanks much for the kind words.

Perfect...thanks! Ok, for ya'll edification...here are a few pics of the boys doing the work...wifey just posted on blog: http://www.ourfullhouse.com/home/27-homeschooling/307-more-on-summer-schooling.html

Question on the IP connections. The boys are doing really well and should have the 6.5 buttoned up for starting this evening. With that said I'm curious to know the best way of dealing with getting air out of the lines. Would we want to leave them loose and crank it over until we see fuel...

Boys have new water pump on, one of the heads, and are working to get the next on. They expect to have it all buttoned up by tomorrow evening. Fluids, oil filter and we should be good on starting her up.

Thanks much for the offer, Buddy. I have a time limitation to get our primary people mover going again. In addition, with 11 mouths to feed, funding is tight :) Thus, I'll just budget and save for the replacement long block in the future...but I do appreciate it much!

Great input...will do. First thing tomorrow they put on the new water pump. I'll have them look at the thread. Thanks.

Buddy - I thought about doing quite a bit of upgrades to this motor and decided against it. This one has 190k on it. I figure if it goes another 100k without too much issue I'll be satisfied. My intent will be to replace with a built motor on the next upgrade. Funny enough it was the driver side...

He has and does...having children is a huge blessing ;)

When I purchased the burb the owner didn't reference the cooling problem. It didn't take long to figure out that there was an issue...the very next day I had a low coolant alarm. After filling the tank a number of times and letting the air out of the screw I borrowed the pressure tester from...

Thanks for the congrats...yes, 11 :P Here is a pic of the #7 cylinder.

Would a pressure test still be recommended? Those are the only visible cracks we can see. I only pulled the heads because of the compression in the cooling system. Would it be advisable to do the test or just clean them up and bolt back together?

Thanks and Thanks :)

Heads off... The heads are off by using the suggestion above...thanks much. Here are a few pics. You'll note that cylinder #7 has oil around the outside of it. We took the gaskets off, turned them over, and #7 was definitely leaking compression into the cooling system. The metal ring on the...

The trans oil looked good 3k miles ago. I'll check it again. Pulling the heads as we have significant compression bleeding into the cooling system. The top hose is getting rock hard quickly now. The result has been significant coolant loss in 1k miles. No coolant in the block yet. So, the head...

Exactly what I was looking for...thanks much! Andy

Can I please get some advice on dealing with the heads? We have the valve covers off and are just about to pull the heads. Can I get a quick recommended sequence of what I need to do to get the heads off correctly? Thanks for your patience with this novice :)

The speedo tracks a gps quite well...or it has. Next time the error occurs I'll verify that.