Removing intake manifold.

Awall99 · Aug 28, 2006

Removing exhaust manifold and Crankshaft removal

I had a spark blug blow out of hole #3 on the head and a have to change it.
I am having trouble getting to the bolts on the exhaust manifold to remove them from the headas i cant even see the back ones if i access them from underneath the car. Any suggestions?

stangman · Aug 28, 2006

drop the k-member if you wanna do it the easiest way to get to the header bolts

COramprat · Aug 29, 2006

That is one of the hardest things to do on these cars. Best bet is to do what stangman said and drop the whole k-member.

Awall99 · Aug 29, 2006

I was told today that it might be possible to remove the head with the exhaust manifold still attached to the head if i unbolted the exhasut manifold from the exhaust. Then I would be able to remove the manifold while the head is out of the car. Sounds like it might work, as removing the k member seems like alot of work in order to change the head. Thanks

Mike97gt · Aug 29, 2006

Awall99 said:
I was told today that it might be possible to remove the head with the exhaust manifold still attached to the head if i unbolted the exhasut manifold from the exhaust. Then I would be able to remove the manifold while the head is out of the car. Sounds like it might work, as removing the k member seems like alot of work in order to change the head. Thanks

Yeah thats the way you want to do it. It's only two nuts holding the manifold to the h-pipe.

COramprat · Aug 29, 2006

Awall99 said:
I was told today that it might be possible to remove the head with the exhaust manifold still attached to the head if i unbolted the exhasut manifold from the exhaust. Then I would be able to remove the manifold while the head is out of the car. Sounds like it might work, as removing the k member seems like alot of work in order to change the head. Thanks

Ah...the reverse psychology method. I like it.

Awall99 · Aug 29, 2006

They were very hard bolts to get at but got them off after a while. Moving along I am having trouble now with the removal of the crankshaft pulley as when i put a socket on the bolt holding it on the pulley wants to turn. I have tried with someone else holding the pulley and had no luck. I was told that if I removed the flywheel ispection cover I would be able to jam a screwdriver into the starter ring gear teeth to stop the crankshaft from turning.

It seems that i might have to unbolt the whole front of the transmission to remove the flywheel inspection plate, and also remove the starter. Does this seem like the right thing to do or are there any other possibilities to lock the crankshaft at TDC?

Awall99 · Aug 29, 2006

Alot of work to change a head!!

mijo_latino · Aug 29, 2006

:try at your on risk:

On my sister's beater probe, we took a sparkplug out and put enough of nylon rope to not let it turn. Worked like a charm. i dunno, soft rope<small explosion, in the destructive tendencies.

GDawg · Aug 29, 2006

Why can't people that complain about their car actually tell us what car they have. We assume it's a '99 GT but it would be nice to have it spelled out. So many people are like, "what's the best this or that for my car" without stating what their car is.... ****ers.

Awall99 · Aug 30, 2006

The car is a 99 GT and this is not complaining, I am looking for some help on the crankshaft removal.

the98stang · Aug 30, 2006

I suggest a Haynes owner's manual. It'll make this head pull easier. If you got the cash, you might as well replace the heads now. Damn spark plug blow out ...I need to check my plugs torque....

Awall99 · Aug 30, 2006

Already have the haynes repair manual and it is very broad on the topic of crankshaft removal. I just need to find a way to lock it at TDC so i can remove the bolt from the middle and pull of the pulley and remove the front cover.

BurningRubber · Aug 30, 2006

If its a manual trans car cant you just put it in gear?

stangGT97 · Aug 31, 2006

BurningRubber said:
If its a manual trans car cant you just put it in gear?

That is what I'm thinking. Remove the sparkplug from cylinder #1, and put a thin metal rod down in to feel the piston. With the car out of gear, rotate the crank until you feel the piston's height peak in its stroke, that will be TDC. Then put the car in gear and put on the e-brake.

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