I'm doing it more for maintenance. with the car being 41 years, and the fact that I want to make this my daily driver, I would be feel better just replacing the head gasket. worth mentioning it was starting up perfect before the overheat and now it won't start at all.

I have easy access to an engine hoist and we do plan to use it. my good friend is a master mechanic and the car is at his house waiting for me to get tools. I already have an entire gasket set for the car

from what I can see, everything needs to be disconnected from the intake manifold and exhaust manifold, we plan to lift the cam housing head, and both manifolds together.

timing chain- how does this come off? I understand you have to remove the springs and rocker arms and the camshaft slides back?
does the removal of the chain tensioner give enough slack to remove it from camshaft?

regarding tools, the only two things I'll really need is a metric bolt nut and socket for the pin extractor? and a specific valve spring depressor? can anyone chime in on an exact type depressor?

regarding the adjustable chain tensioner, is this reusable or should I just replace? also i read that the head bolts are reusable, is this true? I already have replacements for those.

thanks!