Swapping heads

[Juicy05]

Well i guess if i cant sell the civic w\o a running engine, i need to swap out the heads so i can sell it running haha, i was just curious as to how difficult it is to swap these out is, si on si... could i do it myself, on a saturday? Never done it before so im lookin to get rid of it quick, i need to get this done, i need the money bad!Any info would be awesome! thanks guys........... hit the classifieds for the ad if your interested in pickin it up!make and offer!

[jeef]

its not hard if you have the tools and a helms...

[itechengineers]

hey... to swap the heads, can you change a distributor,intake/exhaust manifold and perform a timing job? its quite easy, just a little bit of work. The manual will come in handy and you can use the new head gasket phrase in selling it.

[jeef]

And when you get the head gasket, get one from a D16y8 96-98 civivc ex... it's a metal gasket

[Juicy05]

okay so for a new head gasket and piston rings and all of what comes with it, what do you think id be charged in a shop if i took it somewhere?

[CRXsiZCpa]

Lookin at a $1,000 job at least i'd say. Do the head swap it's not that hard. Take your time and label shit.

[quiXilver]

If I did it 4 times, you can do it once, the hardest thing I did to a car mechanically by myself before this was change my radiator. So grab a manual, and some tools, you need 10mm 12mm 14mm and 17mm Sockets/wrenches-get a torque wrench also. And if you get those rachet wrenches, they will save a lot of time, also there is a bolt underneath the intake manifold that is a BITCH to get to, so when it won't come off, jack the bitch up and get up under it. LOL I can take my head off and put it back on in my sleep now.

[Figori]

Patience is your friend.... And everything else they told ya.

[Cjz89civic]

ya man its not hard at all but use a 92-95 civic d16z6 head gasket its cheaper and its also metal. (side note the first time I did a head off and back on, it took about 4 hrs, 2 weekends ago about 45 mins). Like everybody else said take your time.