installin the new head

[Asa]

doin this over the next few days

thoughts?
i've got a Chiltons so i know the procedures and such, but what's the stuff the book leaves out?

i think i remember someone mentioning using something like liquid copper to help seal the headgasket?
what else?

 

[t-west]

cut the tops off of a few old head bolts, notch them (like a slotted-screw driver) and install these in the corners to help you line up your gasket and head, then back them out w/ a large screwdriver. That helped me a lot!

--tom

 

[rbohm]

8) if you are using a steel shim gasket, then use copper coat(liquid or spray it doesnt matter). if you are using a fiber gasket, then NO sealer unless the gasket manufacturer says otherwise. i would get a set of head studs from mike and use those to locate the gasket, and secure the head.

 

[Anonymous]

I had the same question, so thanks for askin' asa67

 

[CobraSix]

Tom's idea is dead on. I didn't do this the first time and even with 2 people we had a hell of a time lining it up with the gasket.

I used 3 bolts. It's easy enough to cut the heads off with a dremel and then notch them for a flat head screw driver to get back out. All you need is to thread them in just enough to keep them stable. If you are doing this solo, it is pretty much the only way to do it.

Slade

 

[PutPut6]

Yea, and make sure you put the head gasket on the right way... ask me why I mention this :roll: When I installed the head on the first engine, I did it alone and without any studs to guide me. It was a painful experience to say the least. Having to redo it because I put the head gasket on backwards..... priceless.

 

[addo]

Yeah, but I put a thermostat in backwards and ruined a new water pump.

The head weighs less than a bag of cement. Not that bad... Try an IH 392 head - told it's over 100 pounds.

Maybe Az can get the alloy head endorsed by the Chiropractors' Association as a therapeutic device. Then it will be claimable on health funds.

 

[CobraSix]

Yea, and make sure you put the head gasket on the right way... ask me why I mention this :roll: When I installed the head on the first engine, I did it alone and without any studs to guide me. It was a painful experience to say the least. Having to redo it because I put the head gasket on backwards..... priceless.

You mean like this:

Slade

 

[Asa]

Yea, and make sure you put the head gasket on the right way... ask me why I mention this :roll: When I installed the head on the first engine, I did it alone and without any studs to guide me. It was a painful experience to say the least. Having to redo it because I put the head gasket on backwards..... priceless.

You mean like this:

Slade

oh yeah
i already thought of you Mr. Gasket...


i guess i gotta go find some spare headbolts or something then...

 

[t-west]

just take your head bolts to lowes and buy three new ones of the same size (non hardened -- your dremel will thank you).

 

[Anonymous]

Beer, ice cold beer, plenty of ice cold beer, then tell me when and I'll come help. Are you using the hobby shop on base?

I did mine by myself, twice.

The first time I blew a freeze plug out of the head and pulled it before I had troubleshot exactly why water was coming out of the head. I just assumed head gasket.

I followed Mustang Geezer's advice and drilled a .125 hole in the thermostat flange and my over heating problems where history.

It's really not too hard I pulled and replaced the head in about 4 hours by myself and I'm about as rookie as you can get.

Bob

 

[Asa]

just take your head bolts to lowes and buy three new ones of the same size (non hardened -- your dremel will thank you).

already went to Home Depot... no 7/16th anything
have yet to go to lowes, but they're on the list

Beer, ice cold beer, plenty of ice cold beer, then tell me when and I'll come help. Are you using the hobby shop on base?

I followed Mustang Geezer's advice and drilled a .125 hole in the thermostat flange and my over heating problems where history.

i'm currently on night shift... so i'll most likely be slowly working on this somewhere between 10PM and 4AM for the next week or so...
but if you still wanna come over...

what's the 1/8th hole for? got a link to the thread?

 

[PutPut6]

Yea, and make sure you put the head gasket on the right way... ask me why I mention this :roll: When I installed the head on the first engine, I did it alone and without any studs to guide me. It was a painful experience to say the least. Having to redo it because I put the head gasket on backwards..... priceless.

You mean like this:

Slade

.... Yep, when I started filling the radiator up with fluid, it started pouring out from between the head and block. Once I realized what had happened, I couldn't believe that I actually put a head gasket on backwards. D'oh!

 

[Anonymous]

asa67_stang,

That's a little late, (early?) for me. I could've done it when I was a SrA but that was in 1984. The .125 hole is to keep for getting air blocked in the head. Don't know the term I'm looking for there but air/steam gets behind the thermastat and keeps it from heating enough to open causing you to run hot. Mine built up enough pressure to blow the freeze plug out of the head. The hole allows the air to pass through the thermostat preventing it from running hot.

How about this weekend? When will you be working on the car?

Bob

 

[Asa]

unfortunately, this is my weekend to work

and as of right now it's pretty much on pause till payday, i've got some stuff i don't really need to do, but i'd like to do anyways

i'll let you know though

 

[Asa]

what should i use to clean the surfaces?
just realized i have no clue

 

[addo]

3M "Roloc" bristle discs. Try the yellows (medium). They tend to wear fast. Pack the bores, lifter gallery and cooling holes with shop rags first. Magnet sweep after, vacuum, then sweep again. Finally wipe with wax and grease remover or Zippo fluid; buff dry.

You also need a Roloc spindle to suit your drill or Dremel.

Scotchbrite surface conditioning discs will work OK too but leave more gritty bits around the place. Care has to be taken with either type, to work towards the edge rather than into it.