tjsea
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rockers have to come off also. Mark which end of the push rods go up as sometimes the copper colored part is no longer visable. It is also a good idea to keep the rockers and push rods in order.
I'll have my dad do that sense he's done stuff like that before I really don't want to mess anything hot is far in.Hey yeah, the rockers and push rods need to come off. The cam and lifters can stay where they are. If you can't get the truck all the way inside you need to really do a good job of covering the engine. It's just water, so probably with a good oil change it will be fine. To save money you could get a couple of clean 5 gallon buckets and save your coolant. It shouldn't be hard if your radiator has petcock drains on it. Might need a shallower container and then dump it into 5 gal clean buckets with lids. Coolant plus distilled water plus SCAs would run about 50-60 dollars. It is important to somehow preserve the order of your push rods and rocker arms and make sure the push rods re installed the correct way, if I'm not mistaken that means the copper ends contact the rocker, but check that with these other guys and your book before you take my word for it. You're making progress.
Rockers,push rods and all headbolts are out!
Now how the heck do I get the head off? Is there anything else holding it down besides the bolts or is it just time to man handle this thing out?
Git R Done Chris!!! Don't forget to bolt the chain to 'em for that nice handle. The head gasket is the only thing left holding them there. There is an aligning pin that protrudes up about 3/16" you can pry a bit to loosen them and they won't fall off. It is on y 3/16-1/4" though so be careful. Good luck dude!!
DOnt wanna hijack this but with heads removed what are some other things head wise, that would be great time to do?
What type of machine work should be done?
Ive got a set of heads I want to build.
That is going to be a matter of opinion, time and budget. Gary and Russ have both worked on their heads a little bit if I recall but they know quite a bit about this kind of stuff and can do the work themselves. NMB2 and Racinndrummin on the other forum didn't polish and port their heads even for their builds as far as I know. Barnett High Performance offer some headwork but it isn't cheap and you ahve to ship him your heads. You should of course check to make sure the valves are not burned and nothing is loose or ready to drop in, check the springs etc, do this and have them pressure checked and magnafluxed and checked for warpage and thickness specs and you have done your due diligence as far as reliability in my opinion.
Rockers,push rods and all headbolts are out!
Now how the heck do I get the head off? Is there anything else holding it down besides the bolts or is it just time to man handle this thing out?