OK, so some of you may know I needed to get a new head for my yeep.
Here's what I have so far & need some help with what im missing...
What I have:
- Clearwater Cylinder Head
- Exhaust manifold gasket
- Valve cover gasket
- Head gasket
- Head Bolts
- Spark Plugs
- Plus some unrelated stuff...
So what else will I need?
Im gonna get a filter & Oil, along with new Exhaust manifold bolts...
Here's what I have so far & need some help with what im missing...
What I have:
- Clearwater Cylinder Head
- Exhaust manifold gasket
- Valve cover gasket
- Head gasket
- Head Bolts
- Spark Plugs
- Plus some unrelated stuff...
So what else will I need?
Im gonna get a filter & Oil, along with new Exhaust manifold bolts...
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Antifreeze? A friend to help lift it off? Loctite 565 or 567 thread sealant for the head bolts, I cant remember which ones.... Can I make a suggestion, replace the bolts with brass bolts, if you ever wanna change to a header, you'll be glad you did.
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Get the Stage 8 manifold locking fasteners set...its fairly cheap.Originally Posted by fishtaconc
Antifreeze? A friend to help lift it off? Loctite 565 or 567 thread sealant for the head bolts, I cant remember which ones.... Can I make a suggestion, replace the bolts with brass bolts, if you ever wanna change to a header, you'll be glad you did.
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Change oil and filter at least a couple of times quickly after you get this done. If you had a cracked head (assuming yes?) you have coolant in your oil. Got to get it out of there.
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if your removeing head and manifolds in one pc replace all freeze plugs in block with brass ones, some thing to clean surface of block where head sits,new lifters if its in the budget
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If you had the famous cracked head issue you'll want to check/replace more than just the head. There could be coolant trapped inside the lifters so maybe you should remove those and pump them up with new oil.
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Just keep them in order.Originally Posted by Cherockee
If you had the famous cracked head issue you'll want to check/replace more than just the head. There could be coolant trapped inside the lifters so maybe you should remove those and pump them up with new oil.
There's really not much left in the budget...
Will I need any other gaskets or will those 3 cover it? Anything else im missing?
I'm praying this fixes the problem.
Will I need any other gaskets or will those 3 cover it? Anything else im missing?
I'm praying this fixes the problem.




