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I might take you up on that...But just not yet. Too busy these days.
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just last week me and my brother in law attempted a head gasket change on my ef, got to about half way taking the head bolts off and one of the f**k got rounded therefore we couldnt get it off, tried everything logical, impact driver, those sockets that dig into rounded bolts, but no go was a damn piss off as we didnt wanna weld near the engine or drill and what not, so in the end we put it all back together and shoved a bottle of "seal up" in the cooling system. and f**k me it was a C*** of a week.
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only use hex 6 side bolts and a good ratched to get the bolts off i had no problems gettin em off really
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cooki_monsta wrote: hey guys, just got my eb looked at, and its got a leaky head gasket, anyhow, the thought of 1700, for a job i can do at around 150 ish, is a bit daunting, i was just wondering if anyone had any good technical documents on replacin the head gasket in the 4l engine, any help appreciated, and tricks that make the job easier.
cheers Greg just wondering how exactly are you going to do for $150??? VRS and head bolts, skim the head there goes your $150 then you have coolent and posibly oil. not to mention if you have any burnt valves or seats a head reco can be any thing from $250 to $500 although i do agree 1700 is far to much, should be between $900 and $1250 |
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lol will cost more that 150 try 3 or 4 hundred i spend 80 bucks in fluids
also brought a new drive belt oh and a new head hehe stem seals and gaskets adds up pretty darn quick |
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Poor Ratchet!
Actually poor wrist when the ratchet gives, Use a breaker Bar! I found 'ABV' impact sockets are very strong! (14mm) =)
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meh i meant 150 on parts, id get the head checkd, and reco'd if it needed it, but basically the labour at a mechanics is way to damn expensive
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does it really matter if you remove the cam chain as long as the crank dosen't move and the cam sproket is in the correct place
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Krytox wrote: Poor Ratchet!
Actually poor wrist when the ratchet gives, Use a breaker Bar! I found 'ABV' impact sockets are very strong! (14mm) =) and they have a lifetime garantee (spelling)! When I rounded a head bolt off. We used a 13mm one and used a sledgehammer to knock it on. then we used the 900mm ABV knuckle bar. Came of really easy. So now that's all i'm using...Impact sockets all the way!
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A genuine FORD mechanic said " Hit all the head bolts with a hammer befor trying to remove them" it evidently helps to crack the bolts seal and he also said " Give each bolt a sharp pull on a breaker bar to start them off using only impact sockets"
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hey falconea thats actually a pretty good idea, but seeing as tho i am no longer doing this myself, got a friend of a friend to do it, so im gonna watch him do it, and maby get some know how for next time, thanks guys for all your input though
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falconea wrote: A genuine FORD mechanic said " Hit all the head bolts with a hammer befor trying to remove them" it evidently helps to crack the bolts seal and he also said " Give each bolt a sharp pull on a breaker bar to start them off using only impact sockets"
It is supposed to help, i did it when i was pulling mine out but still managed to round one off.
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