A little about me:
I recently purchased a 1997 Deville with a bad headgasket.
This is the third Caddy I have owned.
My other two were: 1975 Sedan DeVille (sold in 1999), 1976 Coupe DeVille (sold in 1996).
I decided it was time to get another Caddy & after a little research, actually started looking for something WITH a blown headgasket (so I could pick something up cheap, then fix it myself).
While I'm not a mechanic, I was raised on a farm & have wrenched on vehicles my entire life.
Now on to the reason I'm posting.
A few months ago while deciding what I wanted to get, I ran across a post that had step-by-step pictures on how to remove the cradle, insert the time-serts, then replace the cradle.
THAT was the post that made my mind up that I was indeed going to purposely get one that had the bad gaskets.
Of course, I did not bookmark it & now I can't find it anywhere.
I have searched my history & looked & looked all over, but I am unable to find it.
I'm posting to see if anybody has a link to this post.
I can't even be sure it was on this site, but in searching, this site came up quite consistently, so I decided to join.
I am looking forward to tearing this apart & having a very nice car, for very little money.
If this goes well, I may try my luck at another one as well, but first things first.
I really appreciate the help I know will come.
I recently purchased a 1997 Deville with a bad headgasket.
This is the third Caddy I have owned.
My other two were: 1975 Sedan DeVille (sold in 1999), 1976 Coupe DeVille (sold in 1996).
I decided it was time to get another Caddy & after a little research, actually started looking for something WITH a blown headgasket (so I could pick something up cheap, then fix it myself).
While I'm not a mechanic, I was raised on a farm & have wrenched on vehicles my entire life.
Now on to the reason I'm posting.
A few months ago while deciding what I wanted to get, I ran across a post that had step-by-step pictures on how to remove the cradle, insert the time-serts, then replace the cradle.
THAT was the post that made my mind up that I was indeed going to purposely get one that had the bad gaskets.
Of course, I did not bookmark it & now I can't find it anywhere.
I have searched my history & looked & looked all over, but I am unable to find it.
I'm posting to see if anybody has a link to this post.
I can't even be sure it was on this site, but in searching, this site came up quite consistently, so I decided to join.
I am looking forward to tearing this apart & having a very nice car, for very little money.
If this goes well, I may try my luck at another one as well, but first things first.
I really appreciate the help I know will come.