bout to start a head gasket job on my 95 f150 with the straight six engine after it has sat for almost a year. never done a job like this before anything I should expect or watch out for
>>28701781If it runs, then let it warm up first. Don't work on an ice-cold engine if possible.
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>>28701889Should be a 911
You tell me
OP do you have the workshop manual or are you going by some youtube video? I'd highly recommend getting the shop manual (you might be able to pirate it online).>>28701883>Just burn the shit out of your hands and make the bolt heads softer and more likely to deform or snap off.
>>28701781when you mess up and try to sell it remember you won't get the full bluebook value.
PBblaster everything now and a week forever starting the job
>>28702044Cold bolts are easiest to remove?
>>28702065This, also get something to heat bolts. Penetration oil, heat and more pen oil make it a lot better.
>>28702075No, harder, but cold bolts are less-likely to deform, get stripped, or break.
OP update, didn't get as far as I wanted to today but to be fair I don't know what the fuck I'm doing. goal tomorrow is to get the intake manifold and valve cover off.>>28701883didn't try this but I don't think it would have started.>>28702044I have the haynes repair manual and started by following it, but many of the steps were completely vague such as "remove any power accessory brackets attached to the cylinder head" - without explaining what they are or where they are located. Switched to a guy on youtube at that point who removed vacuum lines and sensors to remove the upper intake manifold first.>>28702084been spraying wd40 on everything before I try to remove it, I stopped at removing the nut that goes to the EGR valve because dude on youtube said it took him 45 minutes to remove and it was getting dark so I sprayed the shit out of it and called it. tomorrow gonna get some liquid wrench or something and a blowtorch
>>28701781Ford makes changes mid year. Learn if it's a early or late '95.
dont let oil be in the threads when you put the head bolts back in because they can hydraulic and split the block.
>>28702463Good luck with that egr nut. I ended up using an adjustable wrench and hooking a ratchet strap under the transmission to the wrench to brake it free. If you have an air hammer you could try that. As a last resort you could cut the egr pipe and get a large impact on it. Never done the head gasket on those though. Doing a big repair is enough work but consider cleaning out the intake plenum and throttle body while you have them off. The EGR really gunked mine up. Good luck
Speaking of old POS trucks I've got a 96 C2500 with a 454 and 4l80 which I've been wondering if I should do the transmission filter and pan on it. Everyone keeps telling me to just replace the whole transmission once it poops out but that's something I don't wanna do. Anytime I let off the gas when the truck is at somewhat moderate speeds the whole truck kind of jerks a little (could also be the blown suspension or trans mount). Also, would changing out the coolant help the A/C make the heater work better? Wondering if I should get ACDelco coolant or the normal stuff at O'Reilly's that you have to add water to.
