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Apr 9, 2004 | 10:00 PM

Jimmy Dean

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Pulling heads

OK, I need to swap heads on my 91 302, it lloks to be a major PITA.
Is it?
and can I get some instructions, and some tips and what-not?

Apr 9, 2004 | 10:22 PM

King Triton

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Naw,its not that complicated,the hardest part will be getting at the torx bolt that is in the middle for removing the plenum,it takes a long t-40 torx,if you have never done heads before,buy a chiltons manual,they will give you a basic step by step,plus you will need it for torque specs anyway,if you run into any problems just shout,I will be glad to help you all I can.

Apr 9, 2004 | 11:09 PM

c96drumm

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I just did 'em on my 89, pretty straight forward. since you're into it that deep, you might want to have a look at the timing chain. Mine was pretty loose at 170K miles. I also had the injectors bench cleaned and tested and cleaned all the crud out of the intakes and throttle body. Runs pretty darn good now.

Apr 11, 2004 | 12:51 AM

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Truth on that plenum nut, but also truth in the t-40 torx...just get some long extensions and a universal i think and your set...i think the biggest pain in the *** is making sure all of your vacuum lines are hooked up correctly once your done/or you don't break any in the process...one vacuum leak will give you headaches.