Head gasket question

[yowen]

ah man! That sucks, just read the whole thread. I am 25 now and I am still not looking forward to telling my dad tonight that I am picking up a 1993 F350 on Saturday...

I definitely know what it's like to have a dad make up his mind and that's IT! Tough to argue when it's his garage that'll be used for the repairs... No matter how sound your reasoning is. It definitely makes sense to us that your truck should be a rock-solid built ford-tough vehicle with a HG rebuild... Good luck to you! I really hope you get to do the repair and keep the truck.

 

['94IDITurbo7.3]

 

[wmoguy]

I take it Dads direction is now aligned with yours?

 

['94IDITurbo7.3]

damn straight!

 

[wmoguy]

So when do the shenanagins begin?

 

['94IDITurbo7.3]

dad has to finish siding our fireplace chase then the beast gets pulled into the garage. still have to talk about studs and all the other details.

 

[Hydro-idi]

Thata kid! All it takes is some persuasion. Good luck with the idi. FYI, if on a budget, you can reuse stock headbolts since they are now stretched. Torque specs are different when doing this.

 

['94IDITurbo7.3]

we didn't even talk about it.

 

[wmoguy]

Well get crackin son! So we can live vicariously thru you and spend your money.

 

['94IDITurbo7.3]

lol. i want studs but wacthing vids of 6.0L's on youtube makes me just want to save up for another truck.

 

[Agnem]

Replacing a headgasket is a right of passage for all owners here. You can do it! Read this article that I wrote over 12 years ago... it has helped thousands....

http://www.thedieselstop.com/contents/getitems.php3?6.9L Gasket and Turbo Install


Sorry it is off-board, but times change you know.

 

['94IDITurbo7.3]

i was going to get my HG's from rock auto but after reading Mel's article i am going to get them local. that way i don't have to worry about shipping bending them up.

 

['94IDITurbo7.3]

what is the going rate on a set of NEW head bolts?

 

[The Warden]

what is the going rate on a set of NEW head bolts?

The price may have come down now (although I wouldn't consider that likely), but when I did my head gasket job, the ARP stud kit was actually cheaper than OEM head bolts

 

['94IDITurbo7.3]

your was a 6.9L though. studs for a 6.9 are like $300. i will have to do some searching. studs for the 7.3L are like $550 from summit, although i can get them for considerably less than the summit price.