austin184

I called a shop today and got quoted $150 for the install so im just going to take the easy way out and get them installed

Thanks for all the help though guys

mustangmike09

Ive had headers off 3 times now and still using the stock gasket w/o any problems

Btw if that header set doesn't come with a metal mls gasket like the factory. Trash it and buy one MUCH better gaskets !!!


And I used a 3' pry bar and went in between the ports, dont pry or anything directly against the heads. Which I have feeling you already have w/ the flat head. They are aluminum. Easy to **** up. Dont want to ruin the gasket surface, then you gotta get it re surfaced.

Rubber mallett is a good idea to as said above.

austin184

how can i use a rubber mallet because you can get it down in there to ht the headers with it ?

NeoTokyo

Um yes, you can get it down there.
Hit the tops of the primaries and when your under the car, up from below.

You arent going to get a baseball bat swing in, you only have inches to work with.

Just take your time and go through it slowly.
That $150 can be used somewhere else.

Fink

i never had such a problem. are you leaving the studs in the head? my headers basically fell off when i unbolted them.

and i bought gaskets from napa(not metal) and they havent leaked since install(2 years)

ESG-642T

>>> How do you guys have trouble with such easy things! 150$ for a mechanic, HELL NO!!!!

Pry bar, get them off.

austin184

yes im leaving the studs in but im takeing the bolts off it will move about half a inc and will wiggle up and down but will not slid off i havent tried the driver side yet bc the passenger is harder so im trying to get it out of the way first

Xemeth

OK, first things first. You're gonna need to learn how to use punctuation while crafting sentences, namely periods. Nobody is going to be able to help you if we can't figure out what the **** you're talking about cause you have a 5 line run on sentence.

Now that that's out of the way.

It sounds like you have a bolt still in there. If you took out all the bolts there should be no reason the header won't come off the head. Can you take a picture of what you're doing?

austin184

I dont got much time to get on here and talk so im not trying to type like a doctor .

but its raining today and tomorrow when it stops raining ill get back to work an upload some picture

robb15033

I do all my work myself too while being limited to only borrowing a relatives garage once in a while.
Pics would be great. I know this- Sometimes they come out & go in, no problem. Sometimes, they just do not cooperate at all!
If a shop can help for such a reasonably cheap price, then great. No big deal. Let us know your opinion of the headers in connection to the rest of the system and rest of SCT tunes, ect... When it's done. Enjoy!