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how to remove the head off a 97 gs eclipse???

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Old 12-28-2007, 02:39 PM
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please help!!!!, thanks!!!!
 
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Old 12-28-2007, 03:19 PM
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Pretty simple...you remove the valve cover bolts, take that off, then remove the head bolts... and it should just come off
 
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Old 12-28-2007, 08:29 PM
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lol sebba!! you forgot one of the most important things!!! you have to remove the belts!! the head wont come off very easy with the belts on! lol... im not sure, but does he have to remove the intake mani.?
 
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lol sebba!! you forgot one of the most important things!!! you have to remove the belts!! the head wont come off very easy with the belts on! lol... im not sure, but does he have to remove the intake mani.?
hey !!!
arent you guys forgetting the exhaust manifold ??

make it easy on yourself...
get a repair manual if you dont know how to do it... it will save you a lot of headaches.
 
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Old 12-28-2007, 10:28 PM
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i had to take my buddies head off of his 99 gs and it was a bi*** and a half, nothing complicated just took longer than we would likt it too, cuz you gotta pretty much rip everything around it off too. and yeah get like a haynes manual for 20 bucks it'll save you so much time and it might actually come out right,lol
 
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Old 12-28-2007, 11:04 PM
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you dont need to take off the intake mani, that'd be a pain and you dont have to do it. the exhaust mani yes you need to take off. valve cover needs to come off, along with the belts... i'm not sure why you are taking it off, but i would suggest replacing the head gasket obviously, and maybe head studs, just for the heck of it lol
 
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Old 12-28-2007, 11:32 PM
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You have to replace the head bolts..
 
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Old 12-29-2007, 12:27 AM
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i know you have to replace them, but you dont necessarily need head studs... im just sayin wouldnt hurt to put 'em in now while ya got it all apart
 
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Old 12-29-2007, 05:37 PM
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well im taking it off because the headgasket took a s hit on me, so do i have to take off any motor mounts or pulleys or anything like that?
 
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Old 12-29-2007, 11:42 PM
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no motor mounts need to be taken of cause the only mounts that are there are on the block and the tranny, but you'll need to take off everything that i told you to take off before, and you need to replace the head bolts cause the stock ones are stretch bolts and are not reusable
 


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