Alright, my buddy is an idiot. I swear it wasn't me! Heh, his headgasket blew apparently. I don't know if its the passenger or driver cause I just got a call about it. Someone else want's to charge him 700 or 800 to change it and he's a bit down on his luck right now so yeah I'm willing to do it for yeah cheaper. I wasn't planning on taking any heads off till I knew I had a lot of time to just go through it real nice and easy but this is his only car. My question now.. It's a 3.8 96.. Are those any different from 98s? How long does it take? What's a friendly price I could charge him for labor? I'm not doin it for free :naughty: I've only gotten as far as to take the valve cover off. Besides that, I haven't touched anything lower.. Do I need to take the rockers and such out or can I get the whole head off with that assembly as a whole? I'll do some researching myself but asking you guys will speed up this process. Soo there it is. lmao.. he told me his car wouldn't start sometimes and so he would put a little oil in then it seemed fine.. He needs help.
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You wouldnt have to take them out but i think they will be in the way of the head bolts. So im pretty sure you'll hafta take the rockers off. Just make it easier and take the parts off that are in the way. For price i dont know what tell u. Ive done a head gasket, head, complete valvetrain for pretty much nothing. Then a motor pull on another, Head P&P, intakte P&P. Another pull complete rebuild made a race car outta a 89 Probe. And soon another motor rebuild and install for nothing so...?1998 Camaro A4<br />K&N filter, MSD coils, MSD plug wires, NGK TR6 plugs, Flowmaster exhaust. 10.2@73.5-1/8mi
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When I did the heads on a different car, you have to take the rockers off, the pushrods out, and then the heads come off. The valves and springs and such all stay on the heads as a unit. just put each set of rockers and rods in a baggie or something to keep them organized.2002 Silver Firebird A4<br />T-Tops, Leather, Y87, W68, Chrome Wheels<br />Bone Stock
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Yeah I have a haynes. Hadn't looked at it before I posted. That manual bothers me sometimes but eh. Anyways, turns out it's his intake gasket.. I'm assuming its the lower. So both need changed. Problem is I don't have a garage to work in now hah, so he's screwed and I don't get extra cash :( Damn winter.
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Use the Haynes. I did the head gasket on my 85 Celica successfully with a Haynes and my dads tool box and no prior knowledge of those cars. Make sure you check, some cars head bolts are torque to yield, which means once torqued all the way, they stretch and can not be used again.
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