Look at my sig for my current problem, sending my heads out to have them fixed. Never pulled the heads out of a 4th gen and wanted to know if you can pull them out without taking the motor out?

Thanks in advance

P.S. to sprayedtransam thanks for all your input

 

yes they can without pulling the motor.

 

Do I have to lift the motor?

 

no you dont have to lift.just remove the misc items bolted to the heads,manifolds, alt, ps, acc brkt, coil, valve covers. loosen rockers and unbolt heads. the bolts under the cowl can be a pain.

 

Any other tips on removing heads?

 

Forget trying to take the coolant crossover tube off with the heads in the car- get the heads completely unbolted from the exhaust, block and accessory bracket, then you get on one side with a buddy on the other and remove both cylinder heads at the same time. Then with the heads out of the car take the crossover tube off.

 

Yup, it's not as bad as people make it sound.

 

Yea get a back brace 'cause when ya get through ya're gonna need it.

 

Yea if ya unscrew ALL the studs. PITA.

 

Im doing it right now(headgasket or cracked head), just some of the bolts under the cowl are a BITCH. This is actually my 3rd time pulling heads on an lt1, and this one is giving me the most problems w/ the bolts coming off.

 

Pics might be useful.

http://home.comcast.net/~jsaccani/Je...al_Writeup.doc

http://home.comcast.net/~jsaccani/Je...l_Pictures.doc

 

Rly? I found it pretty easy.. granted it took a 1/2" breaker bar to break the factory bolts loose. The only pain in the *** was having the headers still hanging in the way.

 

^ yea, this is the first time i took off heads that i put on.... i put lots of thread sealent and its really caked up and hard to get the bolts out.

 

Links are dead just thought you should know

 

Thanks everyone this is helpful.