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Mar 16, 2007 | 05:44 PM

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taking off heads...

i plan on taking off my 806 heads does anyone have any recommendations on what tools i need to take em off..

Mar 16, 2007 | 05:48 PM

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my suggestion is to remove the motor out the bottom, do your head, cam swap, rod bolt upgrade with the motor out of the car.

Mar 16, 2007 | 05:49 PM

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no to bad of an idea man thanks but how to i pull the motor oout of the bottom if i dont have a lift??

Mar 16, 2007 | 10:41 PM

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Man, if you're just doing heads, don't bother with pulling the motor out of the car...it's too easy to just do them in the car...

You're normal hand tools will enable you to accomplish practically all the job...only special tool I can think of off the top of my head is a fuel line release tool. You can find them at any good autoparts store...

Make sure you have a good assortment of wrenches and extensions as well...

Mar 16, 2007 | 11:32 PM

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thanks marv i pretty much took off everything now i just need a fuel line release tool and now i the hard part is tommorrow!!

Mar 17, 2007 | 02:24 AM

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extensions..

Mar 17, 2007 | 04:57 PM

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you hook the body to the cherry picker instead of the motor

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Mar 17, 2007 | 05:18 PM

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Tourqe wrench, And basic hand tools. Take your time and clean everything along the way.

Mar 17, 2007 | 05:22 PM

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you hook the body to the cherry picker instead of the motor

...Or just pull it out the top

Mar 17, 2007 | 06:56 PM

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Basic hand tools and a TQ wrench. Probably want an air compressor to blow out the bolt holes before you put the new ones in. Also a Small shop vac to put on the water pump and suck out the coolant helps out. Less mess. 4 hr job with the motor in the car.

Mar 20, 2007 | 12:21 PM

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...Or just pull it out the top

why, its easier to go out the bottom. takes the same ammount of time to take it out as to do it from the top, but i had my motor back into the car in 10 minutes with every wire connector hooked up and headers on the car. cant do that out the top.

Mar 20, 2007 | 12:25 PM

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Very easy to drop it out the bottom and it gives you all the room you need to work on the engine and to be detailed enough for cleaning decks and holes out.

Mar 20, 2007 | 01:11 PM

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A big breaker bar wouldnt hurt...

Mar 20, 2007 | 09:02 PM

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You don't need to pull the motor to change heads. Do it in the car.

Mar 23, 2007 | 10:41 PM

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No need to take the motor out for the heads and wouldnt hooking the cherry picker up to the body scratch the paint, dont see a good hook point for it. maybe i overlooked it