Heads

[M215]

Hello SS,
I'm right in the middle of changing the head gaskets on our mutli-fuel now, just picked the heads up from the machine shop. This is my second time doing the heads on a M35, not very difficult task even single handed. First time I just pushed the manifolds to the side still attached to the turbo & exhaust. This time everything came out, much more room to work with.
Don't see any advantage to leaving the maniflods and heads connected and removing as a unit?
The machine shop found a cracked valve spring that I would have missed, had them drill and tap the exhaust manifold for a pyrometer also.
Just my humble $.02
Karl

 

[WillWagner]

It's kinda fun huh?

 

[devilman96]

IMHO its a little easier to leave them in one piece and reassemble them on a bench leaving the manifold studs and bolts loose so your getting a even torque on the heads, then tighten em up after...

Biggest advantage you can give yourself is to take the front wheels of and set the nose on the ground.