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Originally Posted by cbaber
If you haven't done anything like this before, it seems like a daunting task. When you get the head off and you are staring at your pistons you will be overcome with a fear that you did something terribly wrong and will never have the engine running ever again.
But then things start to come together, your anxiety decreases. You get the head bolts torqued down to spec, you double check all the connections. And when you sit in the drivers seat and put the key in the ignition all those fears suddenly come rushing back, and you just know the moment you turn the motor over something will blow up and all that time will be wasted. But then it starts right up and you never have a problem with it again.
Or at least that's kinda how it went for me!  |
Yeah, something like that...
I did headgaskets on an El Dorado with a Northstar V8. The heads can't be removed with the engine in place and I had to drill and tap new holes for all the head studs.
The Civic will be simple compared to that.
After all the work I put into it last summer (new tranny and clutch, new struts/shocks/coilovers, new timing belt/water pump, new motor mounts) my wife is probably not going to be real keen on it taking up her spot in the garage again. So, it will either be work on it outside or pay someone.