I've phoned all over the county for the 1 7/8" inpact socket and the Snapon guy isn't coming thorugh town this week. Looks like I'm going to have to try a regular socket and make sure it seats really well. The inlaws are here and we'll be taking them out of town for several days so there will be some time gaps here. I've called and visited most of the auto parts, hardware, truck supply, and compressed gas dealers to find the socket. There is another Snapon guy that covers Arcata and Eureka. My guy covers Crescent City south to McKinleyville. The Eureka guy had a deep socket and adapter. I made the 40 mile round trip and paid more for that socket than I did for my impact wrench.

I have to grind down my snap ring pliers as they're too big to fit the holes on the snap ring on the clutch. One more extraneous but necessary thing to do. Turns out I really didn't need to get that little snap ring off. There's a big one that's a little hard to see. Now I find that after careful measurement even though I can't fit my calipers in there, that there's a 1 3/16" nut holding things down. One more socket to buy. I'll do that tomorrow and hopefully get more stuff off the motor.

I talked with Nallin today. He received my heads and they aren't toast. This was a little unnerving as the local shop said they were in sad shape. I couldn't tell the difference.