People Who Have Pulled Heads. Question?

[joel w]

get a box of sandwich bags and a sharpie ink pen and keep all the nuts bolts sperate and labled, place everything in a row down a wall on disassemble to make it easier to reassemble, waterpump bolts, fan bolts, valve cover bolts. turbo 90 elbow nuts ext..ext.

[SupraMan1784]

yea label everything....you dont want to lose or misplace anything...cause when you do it will drive you nuts...good advice

[rnoswal]

You know, there is nothing like actual experience in doing something like this. Keeping everything sorted in bags is one of the best ideas out there. Keep a clean and organized work area. Betweent the manuals and the people here you can't get much better advice, but there is nothing like having someone there who can help or lend a helping hand when disassembling and reassembling.


Of course you can't get experience unless you try something first. Tackling a head is a pretty complicated start but not impossible. Take pictures, videos and have plenty of rags. Drain everythingon the engine, water and oil. Don't disconnect the a/c hoses, nor the power steering pump hoses.

You are going to need jack stands, a jack and a nice flat surface to work on, preferrably out of the weather as this will be a several week project. Again, try to find someone who has some good engine experience. Adjusting the valves is not one for the timid, but can be quite easy once a few have been done.

There will be more comments, but get ready for a fun time and learning some new cuss words..........lol

Russ

[Bullz_EyE]

Originally Posted by joel williams

get a box of sandwich bags and a sharpie ink pen and keep all the nuts bolts sperate and labled, place everything in a row down a wall on disassemble to make it easier to reassemble, waterpump bolts, fan bolts, valve cover bolts. turbo 90 elbow nuts ext..ext.

Already planned for that, good info for people that don't know though.

I've also got access to a fully equiped bay that I can leave my vehicle for months at a time if I have to. Hopefully not though because I still have to pay and I wanna experience this car soon. As for the head, I have a rebuilt one on the way that just needs to be milled.