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Originally Posted by BogusBlake
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Originally Posted by carringb
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Originally Posted by BogusBlake
Is this even a job a shadetree mechanic should attempt?
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There's nothing magical about that job. Just a lot of steps because those parts are really buried.
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Any special tools I'll need besides a good torque wrench? I don't have a parts washer- is that a dealbreaker?
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i'm gonna make a suggestion, if you haven't dived into this yet.
first, your temps are at failure point, and what was said about having the EGR cooler
fail and hydrolock the motor is painfully valid information. a hydrolock will usually
blow headgaskets. when mine blew, the total cost for repair exceeded $10,000.
second, go over here, and do some reading.
http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forum107/
the information there is second to none you will find on the net.
there are a number of small details on tearing this engine down, that aren't small
if you don't know them. you need to do some reading first.
i'll be honest. getting to anything in the E series is a nightmare. knowing what
i know, and my first engine swap was a 327 FO chevy into an XKE at 13 years old,
if i had to tear my 6.0 apart, i'd go do what i do for a living, and let my diesel
mechanic do what he does for a living.