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Pulling 164 heads without rolling engine or lowering sub frame
Tired of seeing it sit in driveway, so pulled heads from 164L that came to us with 6 bent intake valves. Not sure why he bought it off ebay but he did about 3 years ago and it has been in my driveway for about 2 years.
Main point of post is advise you all that yes you can pull heads without lowering sub frame or rolling engine. I did my drop the tranny on the subframe trick by disconnecting tranny mount from tranny to give me more room to get timing belt covers and cam and aux pulleys off. Then after I had rear intake and valve cover off I pulled false fire wall to give me major room to remove bolts to rear exhaust manifold. Then removed right headlight and alternator and mounting bracket.
With rear cam pulley, aux shaft pulley and oil pump shaft gear attaching nut inside rear head removed and exhaust manifolds loose from heads I just lifted both heads off without moving engine after I cut two short hoses going from mid thermostat housing to heads.
Did tou see my primitive pete pictures of shade tree mechanicing done to thermostat housing?
Tired of seeing it sit in driveway, so pulled heads from 164L that came to us with 6 bent intake valves. Not sure why he bought it off ebay but he did about 3 years ago and it has been in my driveway for about 2 years.
Main point of post is advise you all that yes you can pull heads without lowering sub frame or rolling engine. I did my drop the tranny on the subframe trick by disconnecting tranny mount from tranny to give me more room to get timing belt covers and cam and aux pulleys off. Then after I had rear intake and valve cover off I pulled false fire wall to give me major room to remove bolts to rear exhaust manifold. Then removed right headlight and alternator and mounting bracket.
With rear cam pulley, aux shaft pulley and oil pump shaft gear attaching nut inside rear head removed and exhaust manifolds loose from heads I just lifted both heads off without moving engine after I cut two short hoses going from mid thermostat housing to heads.
Did tou see my primitive pete pictures of shade tree mechanicing done to thermostat housing?
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