head gasket replacement
10-20-2009, 06:05 PM
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head gasket replacement
i was wondering how hard the 3.0L pickups are to change out a head gasket. all i've got for a manual was my haynes and it's not really detailed so are there some better manuals out there or maybe a write up to help me along
10-20-2009, 06:24 PM
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I'm sure there are guys and gals out there that will be infinitely more helpful than me, but a few things I've found when doing my own research is to just go to google (that's primarily what I use) and search your subject and put the word YOTATECH in there and see what you get.
In my rebuild of my 22re, I have found the Haynes / Chiltons and FSM to be minimally helpful (get the same sensation as if you tune in at the end of a movie, like you MISSED way too much) and I spend / waste alot of time figuring stuff out that happened between step 1 and step 2......always seems that you are supposed to have an initmate knowledge base so it gets very frustrating.
But, by far my best resource has been YOTATECH and it's members hat have either done the job or are doing the job currently or are advanced in their knowledge enough to help a newbie like me.
I DID find a listing for on-line FSM's here and I thing you end up downloading like a thousand pages to an ADOBE document and I pasted it to my desktop....
look on the forum threads for your model year and I believe it's in the top 3 or 5 of those listed, I think it's permanantly at the top.
I see it looks like you are new here, so welcome to you. Sometimes ya get busted hard for not searching, so try what I say and see what you get.
Good luck.
I'm a newbie and I'm doing my 22re now, and our 3.0 next.
In my rebuild of my 22re, I have found the Haynes / Chiltons and FSM to be minimally helpful (get the same sensation as if you tune in at the end of a movie, like you MISSED way too much) and I spend / waste alot of time figuring stuff out that happened between step 1 and step 2......always seems that you are supposed to have an initmate knowledge base so it gets very frustrating.
But, by far my best resource has been YOTATECH and it's members hat have either done the job or are doing the job currently or are advanced in their knowledge enough to help a newbie like me.
I DID find a listing for on-line FSM's here and I thing you end up downloading like a thousand pages to an ADOBE document and I pasted it to my desktop....
look on the forum threads for your model year and I believe it's in the top 3 or 5 of those listed, I think it's permanantly at the top.
I see it looks like you are new here, so welcome to you. Sometimes ya get busted hard for not searching, so try what I say and see what you get.
Good luck.
I'm a newbie and I'm doing my 22re now, and our 3.0 next.
11-08-2009, 06:23 AM
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Just a tip, since you already blew one headgasket, I would advise you tighten the head bolts for the second one another 10 lbs over spec.
Also, that is one creepy avatar, I can't even look at it
Also, that is one creepy avatar, I can't even look at it
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