If your careful- you can do it in-place.

When tapping for the heli-coil or timesert, use grease to retain the chips. After it starts, I'd go forward 1/2 turn then backward to break the chips. Remove the tap a few times to clean the grease/chips. Not hard, just not a place to make mistakes.

Yes, new headgasket and measure the headbolts. They are stretch bolts and are generally only reused once.


Michael

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Michael McGuire
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