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I did it over a weekend.
Perhaps the most important tip I learned, halfway through the swap is this:
When you're working on a truck covered in a foot of snow, plug the block heater in the day before you climb under the hood.
The hood's easier to lift when the snow's melted off and you won't bang your knuckles against a freezing intake manifold. In fact, I took off my jacket and felt like curling up on the valve cover and taking a nap partway through the swap. I know what a tomcat feels like curled up on a warm engine block.
Aside from that, since it's getting warm now, I just followed the videos, starting with this one...
Keep in mind that he messes up his counting... I think part 3 and 5 are broken up into A, B, and C parts... So watch closely and make sure the videos line up.
If you can follow what's in the video and you understand everything he's talking about, then you should be good to go. It's not a very hard process, but then again I'm a mechanic. I'm sure my wife wouldn't do it.
Perhaps the most important tip I learned, halfway through the swap is this:
When you're working on a truck covered in a foot of snow, plug the block heater in the day before you climb under the hood.
The hood's easier to lift when the snow's melted off and you won't bang your knuckles against a freezing intake manifold. In fact, I took off my jacket and felt like curling up on the valve cover and taking a nap partway through the swap. I know what a tomcat feels like curled up on a warm engine block.
Aside from that, since it's getting warm now, I just followed the videos, starting with this one...
Keep in mind that he messes up his counting... I think part 3 and 5 are broken up into A, B, and C parts... So watch closely and make sure the videos line up.
If you can follow what's in the video and you understand everything he's talking about, then you should be good to go. It's not a very hard process, but then again I'm a mechanic. I'm sure my wife wouldn't do it.
Last edited by Pele; 03-27-2011 at 05:12 PM.
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