Pretty straightforward job, with a lot of unbolting and bolting. There are lots of used heads around if yours is cracked.

The biggest risk is that you will strip one or more of the threads in the block. Then you are screwed because it takes a special jig to repair them.

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Chuck Taylor
Falls Church VA
'66 200, '66 230SL, '96 SL500. Sold: '81 380SL, '86 300E, '72 250C, '95 C220, 3 '84 280SL's '90 420SEL, '72 280SE, '73 280C, '78 280SE, '70 280SL, '77 450SL, '85 380SL, '87 560SL, '85 380SL, '72 350SL, '96 S500 Coupe