head gaskets on a 4v...

[Hoseitdown]

are they a beyatch to change? expensive?


/discuss.

 

[TxCobrA98]

expensive, yep.

bitch to change, yep.

 

[Hoseitdown]

dammmmittttt......

 

[Lightning Struck]

how bout that skeeter?

 

[Hoseitdown]

SUMbitch.... this is gonna suck.... BUD is gonna be way expensive i already know that... i need to call or go by and see lil gary, and get a price from him.

 

[Lightning Struck]

SUMbitch.... this is gonna suck.... BUD is gonna be way expensive i already know that... i need to call or go by and see lil gary, and get a price from him.

quit talking about it and do it. But he might tell you the same thing??

 

[Hoseitdown]

then ill be pucked.

 

[blackpony]

ill tell you that its easier to pull the motor to change then leave it in...

 

[Hoseitdown]

ugh.. thanks... it be easier to drop k member, and pull it from the bottom, or pull it from the top?

 

[blackpony]

if you have the access to a lift the bottom is waaaay easier... i helped a buddy of mine build a 5.4 dohc and put it in his car and long story short we had to pull it a few times now we can have it setting on the ground in about 45 mins..... but for a first timer should take about 1 1/2 hrs or so....

 

[Hoseitdown]

i was hoping you werent going to say that...

 

[blackpony]

well you can pull it from the top but for a head gasket swap just droping it from the bottom will save you a ton of time...

 

[mikey94gt]

+2 for dropping the engine out the bottom. I did a 01 Cobra rebuild, and it was much simpler that way. of course, we had access to a chassis lift too.

 

[reivaxtorres]

head gaskets arent that hard to change....if you have a non-supercharged 4v, just go off and buy the FRPP headswap kit for a little over $100, and that will include the head gaskets, head bolts, and new dipstick. the rest of the gaskets you need will cost you about $50 or so from ford IF you want to replace them...since you CAN reuse the timing cover gaskets (but i suggest you change them out).


i pulled the heads off a termie with the engine in the car.....took me about 2-3 hours or so to do....

the only thing is that i did have to take off the master cylinder to be able to remove the drivers side head

 

[Hoseitdown]

^^ good bit of information... thanks alot man, i appreciate it....