M60 Head Gaskets R&R - Parts List?

[Jehu]

I didn't mean to imply you'd need to remove the Timing Chain cover to do this job just that it was related to me removing the lower cover is the labor equivalent of doing the head gaskets and there's no doubt mine has a leak which i'm living with .I just figured since you asked that if what you've already removed allows for relatively little furthur work to get at it I myself if in your position and didn't already have a leak would go ahead and replace them there since i understood they can fail and are a seriously time consuming job to get at which i would hate to have to do in the future were i planning on keeping the car indefinitely when I've already got so much stuff off the front end of the engine anyway.

[Evan]

Update 5:

Finally... after disconnecting the exhaust header flanges (and cutting one of the pipes (between header and cat) I was able to lift the head enough to get at half the exhaust manifold nuts. After removing the nuts I was able to lift the head out with the other header attached.

It looks like whoever did the exhaust didn't do such a great job on the flanges and one of them fused into the pipe... in any case.

The heads were both placed on a bench and the cam sprockets were removed with the chains in place. The chain tensioners were removed and set aside. Then the cam bearings came off and finally the cams lifted and placed on the bench. The lifters were removed and stored in oil.

The heads are going to the machine shop tomorrow morning for testing/cleaning/machining. If it turns out I have a cracked head, the job is over and I'll be looking for a motor.

[winfred]

lets hope your isn't as bad as the 95 840 i am working on, the block is warped 4 thou on one bank and 5 on the other to go with the warped heads, the guy just bought it and got ****ed but he scored with the extended warranty as they are going to cover the $4500 bill for me to completely strip the short block down bare and have it decked plus have the heads skimmed

[Evan]

Update 6:

The heads came back after testing and milling. The machinist said he took .006 of an inch off and they are in excellent shape.

I didn't bother with a valve job since the bottom of the engine is original. What would it be like to have heads with 0 miles and a crank, rods, rings, pistons, and associated bearings with 200K miles?

Now I have to clean the engine bay and prepare for reassembly. I'm going to carefully remove any leftover crud from the block so the head gasket will mate evenly. Any suggestions?

Once the heads are in place I have to reinsert the lifters and cams. Since I made the mistake of removing the timing chain sprocket from the cam without marking them, I'm currently searching for a diagram of how the cams should look at TDC. Any ideas are welcome.

This has been quite a job so far...

Cheers,
Evan

[Jehu]

I have an inordinate attachment to my car. I can't bring myself to be without it for a day. I'd be a basket case if i had to do without it this long.. what are you driving instead now?

[Jehu]

I have an inordinate attachment to my car. I can't bring myself to be without it for a day. I'd be a basket case if i had to do without it this long.. what are you driving instead now?