Never seen a group of guys so excited about something getting sticky. :w2:

I don't know how I even missed this, but I will sticky it. Awesome work Gshuck!:c:

Glad to hear you are putting this to use

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Its not a problem I am just here to help people out. Thanks for making it a sticky... it feels awesome to have one of my threads made a stick :jump:

Thanks for giving me something to do at work next week, I'm going to print every one of those sumbeeches out and put them in a 3 ring binder. NICE! :rocking:

LOL that is funny cuz I spent over 5 hours at work gather, scanning, saving, and uploading these AT WORK while the boss was gone

I do the same thing! I keep the binder in my truck for long trips, just in case I don't get Internet service.

I carry my ford factory workshop manuals in my truck... I have the whole set of 4 which is like like 4000 pages literally and cost me 270 bucks which is how I get you guys this info plus I have the online motorcraft subscription

Gary, I didn't go through all of the PDF's yet, but is there any section that talks about measuring block flatness, or how to prep the block for headgaskets?

Also, is the detailed instructions on checking the heads for flatness in there? I've always heard it's not a good way to do it, but never heard the actual specs or procedure.

Thanks! Mike

For checking head flatness Ford says to use a straight edge and if the heads are within .004 of being flat there good to put back on but I highly advise against this. this is why the 6.0 blows head gaskets. They also say .004 is OK on block flatness too. for prepping the block Ford says to ONLY use a plastic scraper and there ford metal surface prep part number ZC -A-31.

the only part of this i would say is a good idea to do is use the plastic scraper and there metal surface prep to remove the old gasket residue.

If there is anything else you wanna know just let me know MDUB. this info came straight from my uncle who is a head mechanic and shop manager at a local ford dealer.

tried to open up several of these files and was unsecessful. sure could use them due to trying to bullet proof my 6.0. email is mike.boroff@gmail.com i have adobe on my computer so cant figure out why i could not open them

Thanks for the input, I am planning an upgrade to my 05 f350