And So It Begins...

Head gasket blew out on the '76 F250. Just thought I'd post up some pics of the replacement process in case anyone is interested. The ol' girl is finally getting some headers put on too, as well as brand new exhaust all the way back.

Old exhaust out


Air filter off and valve covers off.


Intake Manifold Off.


Yikes. Coolant in the cylinders. Lots of oil mixed in with the coolant.


Parts on the bench.


How she sits for the night. Yes I'm sitting inside the engine compartment. Gotta love old vehicles.

 

Got to love working on those old rigs. Super quick and easy

 

nothing like todays motors lol

 

You can crawl in the engine bay of those rigs. Love that

 

Hey I could sit in mine too... when my heads were off

Oh yeah and 3" body lift...

 

What do you guys think of the old exhaust tip locations? This is a good opportunity to change it up but I kinda liked it how it was. Any others suggestions though?

Probably gonna powdercoat the new headers as well. Either silver or black, more than likely gonna go with black.

 

Nice man, also good job on the cardboard. A trick a lot forget and mixup parts

 

I like the dual exit 45* angled exhaust. Kind of inbetween these two

Smaller tips then this one


But closer to the bumper than this one

 

Kinda like this

 

45 for sure