Preparing Your Classic Car After Winter Storage

Dismantle and Assess Your Classic’s Head – Step by Step Guide

Once you’ve removed the cylinder head from the engine block, it’s necessary to dismantle the head to properly assess its condition and decide the next course of action. Ed teaches you how to search for any damage on the surface, including to the valves, head and copper sealing rings and the head gaskets, and then takes the head apart to have a look at each of the components inside.

Timing the Ignition and Replacing and Gapping Points

In this class, Ed teaches you four new techniques pertaining to ignition maintenance for an engine’s distributor on a classic car, including:

Setting and changing contact breakers
Making sure a condenser is working properly
Timing the ignition

How to Rebuild an Overhead Valve Head and Fit With New Gasket

In the final step of the engine decoking process, you’ll learn to reassemble the head, replace a new gasket, and remount the cleaned and decoked components onto the engine block. Ed walks you step by step through the finishing methods needed to put the cylinder head back together and make sure everything is properly affixed and operational.

How to Set Valve Clearances – the Easy Guide

Valves are highly important for the optimal performance of a car’s engine. In this class, Ed teaches you how to inspect and adjust valve clearances to guarantee they are set in the proper spot for fluid, unimpeded engine motions.