This is just my experience and I think it's the easiest way to reinstall the head and I know other people say differently. I didn't use a host and did it by myself with no help. I took everything off the head before I installed it, including the exhaust manifold and especially the studs to fasten the intake manifold to the head. Set yourself in the engine bay, it's heavy but with everything stripped very manageable and align the front of the head with the front of the engine block where the chain is. If you do have a hoist it's the best way to go off-course and you can disregard my post.

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).