I can answer some of this...

It's harder to take them off cab on than it is cab off, that's for sure, but it can be done. The hardest part is lifting a 90lb head out of the engine bay. You will want at least one buddy there to help. Some of the bolts also hit the cab in the back, so you'll have to get tricky. Some guys pound the firewall in with a sledge/pipe, some try and lift the head out with the bolt attached, etc. Going to need to repeat that procedure on the way back in too with the stud.

As for studs, ARP's work just fine.
Headgaskets should be OEM only.




Glad to hear it's relatively good Jeff. Need to figure out those injector codes though. What numbers are they? Might be a loose connection at the FICM.

As for the black smoke, is the VGT solenoid plugged in all the way? What about the EBP sensor? Check the wiring over on the EBP sensor and clean the tube/sensor itself *** well.

 

yEAH, when we do the Hgs on my sisters truck we are just going to pull the motor and do it on a cart, I pulled alot of motors in my time so it shouldn't be too bad, going to make a bracket that bolts inplace of the turbo pedestal for the lifting eye.

 

Yea it wasnt too bad. I used arps and oem hg. I had the heads checked and pressure tested. i think the codes for the injectors are for number 2, 6, and 7.

 

Any new pics?

 

Im sure i can get a few more for ya. Truck is still pretty dirty and still trying to work all the kinks out. Anyting in particular you want to see?

 

She still torn down? Pics of any complications you ran into or any tricks you can pass on

 

Nah shes all back together. One thing i did do different then what most people did is the ac system. I only took the outer cover off closest to the passenger head and swung it out of the way and it gave me enough room to remove the head and all the bolts. Only other problems i ran into were the injectors arent acting right. Going to do some more trouble shooting after i try rev x. Most likely need 3 new injectors. I havent been home much in the past few months to deal with the truck. I also had some trouble with the tranny acting up running some new tunes from eric to clear it up. its the 3-5 shift and the 5-6 shift are pretty hard. Also my tranny pan is leaking from the rear corner even with a new gasket and some gasket maker. Still confused as to why its leaking. Ill try to post pics when i get home again.