88BlueGT

You should also check out this sticky.... it will help you with alot when people are talking about things and you are not exactally sure what they are talking about.

https://mustangforums.com/m_563238/tm.htm

88blackgt

heres a few pics that help see how the heads fit in with the rest of the motor when its out

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Braydon619

lol thanks mike hawke for recommending that site... it explained things about a internal combustion enigne prety good and i under stand a bit more about how to engine works

gspfunk

Also, just doing searches for parts will sometimes help you understand what they do as you figure out the differences between the brands, etc....

Braydon619

so each on those springs on the head are the lifters for each cylinder which open the intakes right? you put a valve cover on those to protect them from getting kit and knocked around and screwed up a cycle. and inside the actual engine below the heads in where each cylinder is?

Ninety5five0

the spring is a valve springs, a cam lifts the lifter with a pushrod in it, which pushes up the rocker, then pushes down on the valve (opens), the spring holds up (closed) the valve.
Yes, the cylinders are below the heads.


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Braydon619

and a head gasket just seals the area between the engine and the heads so its air tight? if so why are they so expensive to replace? because you have to take alot of the engine apart?

88blackgt

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/engine.htm

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/camshaft.htm

try those, they explain it fairly well

Ninety5five0

Yes, head gasket is between the head and the block. There is alot of pressure inside of those cylinders, and they heads are torqued down very tight, therefore a gasket makes a seal so no pressure is let out. If you blow a head gasket, then you lose compression most of the time, or i should say, some compression, therefore you lose power.

Ninety5five0

If a shop does it, it will be expensive because its a pretty long job, prolly about 8 hours totall. Head gaskets arent too expensive themselves, around 60 $ on average.