What Projects do you have for the Winter?

[kevins2]

- My passenger side sidepipe was hitting the bottom of the body opening due to engine torque. I also had a small exhaust leak - maybe caused from the sidepipe hitting the opening and breaking the seal. I've already removed the sidepipe, enlarged the opening, primed and painted the repair and reinstalled the sidepipe with Walker's exhaust sealant.
- Remove the wheels to clean them inside and to clean the wheel wells.
- Grease the suspension, front and rear, and the driveshaft.
- Clean the underside of the car
- Retorque the head bolts. My valve covers seep a bit so I want to replace the gaskets anyway. I'm going to buy some bolt spanners to spread out the load - hope that stops the seeping.
- I have a small oil pan leak. Not sure if I want to just live with it or remove the oil pan to replace the gasket.
- Heater switch stopped functioning. I've removed it already and have a replacement on the way.
- Smith's oil temp gauge stopped working. I've already removed it and have a replacement on the way.
- Detail/wax the car

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by kevins2

- Retorque the head bolts.

Double check this one -- my engine builder was quite clear that the only retorquing to be done on my FE was a one time tighten up of the intake manifold. The only other part that would need retorquing might be the oil pan and that was to be done only if there was a leak (which there wasn't). The heads were not to be retorqued.

[davids2toys]

Originally Posted by kevins2

- My passenger side sidepipe was hitting the bottom of the body opening due to engine torque. I also had a small exhaust leak - maybe caused from the sidepipe hitting the opening and breaking the seal. I've already removed the sidepipe, enlarged the opening, primed and painted the repair and reinstalled the sidepipe with Walker's exhaust sealant.
- Remove the wheels to clean them inside and to clean the wheel wells.
- Grease the suspension, front and rear, and the driveshaft.
- Clean the underside of the car
- Retorque the head bolts. My valve covers seep a bit so I want to replace the gaskets anyway. I'm going to buy some bolt spanners to spread out the load - hope that stops the seeping.
- I have a small oil pan leak. Not sure if I want to just live with it or remove the oil pan to replace the gasket.
- Heater switch stopped functioning. I've removed it already and have a replacement on the way.
- Smith's oil temp gauge stopped working. I've already removed it and have a replacement on the way.
- Detail/wax the car

If you happen to find these spanner bars to spread the load, could you post the source? I remember looking for these about a year ago and came up with nothing but SB Chevy stuff.
Thanks