head help

[mrglenn]

I am replacing the head gasket in the morning on my 92 2.5 shadow any help would be great . thanks

[kermit]

If you are unsure about working on these cars...I would recommend a Haynes or other type of service manual. They go pretty much step by step through the whole process and are very useful for many other jobs. Defiantly worth the money. And no matter what anyone tries to tell you to do...I would ALWAYS take your time and take the whole head off and clean the surface really well.

Personally I would use the Mopar Performance 2005 head gasket, and not a FelPro. A lot of people have complained about them, but I don't want to start something here by saying they're bad, because I have one in a 87 Labaron and it's working just fine. It's just not worth the risk, because I know the Mopar ones work.

[mrglenn]

thanks i only could get the fel-pro in time it's my daily work car

[srt-rex]

Have the head checked if it seems off, and check the block surface for flatness.

[jim34]

wd40 on those exhaust studs

[mrglenn]

Thanks to everyone for the help I replaced the head gasket every thing is cool now thanks for all the help.

[24kilo]

If you have problems getting to or get off the int and Ex mani's pull the head with them still attached. The you can get the off easier.

[kermit]

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Originally Posted by 24kilo If you have problems getting to or get off the int and Ex mani's pull the head with them still attached. The you can get the off easier.

If you do this, you might want two people because it's pretty heavy, lol.

[22dodge]

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Originally Posted by 24kilo If you have problems getting to or get off the int and Ex mani's pull the head with them still attached. The you can get the off easier.

why would you pull the intake or exhaust manifolds to do a head gasket., it's not all that bad to pull off by yourself. I use my cherry picker to lift off the whole unit.

[kermit]

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Originally Posted by 22dodge why would you pull the intake or exhaust manifolds to do a head gasket.

why wouldn't you...or do you mean just take out the whole head and intake/exhaust at once

[24kilo]

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Originally Posted by kermit why wouldn't you...or do you mean just take out the whole head and intake/exhaust at once

All at once, That's the easiest way

[kermit]

when i was doing mine, i was originally going to swap heads before i saw that the engine was junk, so i had to take them off either way.