Engine Top End

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Throttle body:



Fly by wire controls.


Needs some serious cleaning


The header is held steady by a plate on the backside.


Moved the alternator out of the way. That is mounted to a couple of header bolts.

[marylandaveo]

I will be tearing a head apart starting tomorrow, how did yours turn out and what advice to make things easier?

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I will be tearing a head apart starting tomorrow, how did yours turn out and what advice to make things easier?

Still working on mine. I finally got the last bit of advice and will be putting mine back together. You need a clean space for the head and in the manual there is a specific pattern in loosing the head bolts and cam bolts. Once you break the bolts, use a powered screw driver to remove them. Goes fast that way.

Keep every thing arranged by position and number. Take a look at my tear down pictures above.

[marylandaveo]

got everything apart this weekend except for getting the valves out of the head. Hopefully will find a spring compressor that works for that today or i will rig something up. So far it appears that it is just a blown head gasket. Will not know the full extent of the damage until i get valves out and check the head and block for any other damage.

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Now the assembly

I ran into a huge problems putting the keepers back into the springs. I found this trick on the internets. Works about half the time. I spent more time dicking with the keepers than hand polishing the cams and it's still not done.


When I ordered the keepers from rock auto, it said came in packs of four. BULL who in the sam hell sells just one keeper when they are used in pairs?

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got everything apart this weekend except for getting the valves out of the head. Hopefully will find a spring compressor that works for that today or i will rig something up. So far it appears that it is just a blown head gasket. Will not know the full extent of the damage until i get valves out and check the head and block for any other damage.

I got a spring compressor off of ebay pretty cheap. I would get one, these springs are TOUGH!

[06T200]

I got a spring compressor off of ebay pretty cheap. I would get one, these springs are TOUGH!

+1, it would be nuts to try and free hand these bucket style heads, I would go nuts trying to find keepers every five seconds. lol

[makaula]

hello i have to replace the upper engine cooling hose that connects to the heater core on the fire wall, any ideas on how i go about doing that?