jd783

i just bought a 97 t/a with a blown head gasket and was wondering how hard are they to change.there was no water in the oil so the bottom end is still good.i know i should change the cam while i have it apart and probably will do that what i want to know is can you pull the heads off and put them on with out pulling the motor i know it will be a pain in the a$$ but dont have time/room to pull the motor right now if i dont have to. any help and tips are greatly appreciated

LT1Falcon

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from what ive seen of f body's, there aint no way

zlover129

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It can be done, easily honestly...well not easily but its far from impossible. Just kind of tight working in the engine bay but yea, definitely doable

grnmonster

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yea i recentley blew a head gasket and my brother(who is a mechanic) had no problem replacing it took him about 2 hours to get to it and another 4 to put it back together

the_merv

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I changed them out myself with the Engine in the car, got the Pics to prove it..
And put LT's on it while I was there..

jd783

yaeh was also planning on LT's. i pulled the intake and heads off my 93 bird before i found out i had more problems than just the top end (bent rod) so i pulled the rest of the motor just didnt know if there was enough room to put them back on like getting a torque wrench in there thanks. any tricks you know of or is it just pretty much go at it?

the_merv

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There is room in there, got to pretty much lay ontop of the Engine.