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Head Swap: In-truck or Pull the engine?
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Head Swap: In-truck or Pull the engine?
A little background info on the situation. I have the dreaded Castech 706 heads on my truck and they've began to leak. So here is my question: For those of you who have done both, do you find it's easier to swap the heads with the engine in the truck or is it worth it to actually pull the engine out of the truck. I have pulled the engine in/out of my 02 a few different times, and have quite a few other LS swaps under my belt, so pulling the engine isn't an issue. I'm curious about having enough room to successfully torque the head bolts down with a torque wrench once it is in the truck. Any of your input/suggestions are welcome.
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Ouch, I would be pretty nervous without the mounting stud myself.
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I've had mine off twice with the engine in the truck. I had no problems getting a torque wrench on all of the bolts. Cleaning everything up after pulling the old heads is the worst part.
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this im interested in, thought i could easily find the hdblt torquing thread, but have since lost it, i just got the passenger side head off last nite (engine still connected to trans) anyone have the link to that thread?
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