Its not a hard job. It just takes A LOT of time. I always just took out the intake first, then the head.

The only tricky parts to the job are getting to those pesky intake "mount bolts" at the bottom.

Get the proper "pin puller" to remove the pin that holds the timing chain guide to the head.

The first time I did it, I felt pretty confident the whole way. It took me about 10hrs removing, (maybe 6 if I was actually working) and 3-4 hr to get it back together

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Eugene

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