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I have a friend at a machine shop who checked them for flatness and mildly resurfaced them by hand just so the gasket could get a good bite. I did not actually put the head on a machine and "officially" surface it. You definitely want to check it for flatness. If it's flat, you can risk...

Unfortunately HndrsonJ is right, unless you want to butcher the firewall which is highly stupid. Might as well pull em and do all the freeze plugs. If one is leaking the others aren't far behind.

Using a screwdriver or a punch with a small tip, you hit it on the very outside of the ring; tapping the screwdriver or punch with a hammer. When done right, it will rotate, allowing you to grab it with a pair of pliers. Think of the butterfly on a carburetor, how it rotates. Doesn't take...

Cold, I can't remember if the TM's say to do it cold or that it doesn't matter, but I knew it wasn't hot, so I did it right after the heads were torqued, while the injectors were still out, so it would be easier to turn over. Yes, the cylinder heads take 3 different sizes, 3/4", 1" and 1 1/4"...

Ah, I forgot to mention that. Many thanks to a good fellow in South Carolina who next day air shipped me his homemade wrench. Ya'll know him as BlythewoodJoe and he's a stand-up guy. Also, many thanks to my Dad and my friend Dave, who helped me get the heads on and off and adjust the valves...

Thanks. I don't know, I'd say this was a reasonably big job, just due to the weight of everything (makes a 440 Mopar seem like a lawnmower engine). Also, everything is inter-connected, so pulling anything off becomes time consuming. I didn't bust a knuckle, I was expecting it to break, due...

Thank you, Mr. Brandstedt, I take that as high praise coming from you. I have all the pics (there are a lot more) posted here: http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a90/clinto1/M35%20Head%20Gasket%20Swap/?start=all

I suppose I'd call this a write up, but if anyone has any questions, fire away. I can't call myself an expert by any means. Of course!!!!!! I now need to change the oil and flush the cooling system. I had straight water in the cooling system to start it (I figured if it leaked, better to...

As you can see, it ended up being a freeze plug, not a leaking head gasket. So I went ahead and replaced all the freeze plugs in the heads. I even lined up the lettering in all the plugs so they were pointed the same (OCD). As I out one in, it started to rotate, so I knocked it out and put...

So I was getting ready for a paint job before Aberdeen and I had just finished doing 2 pinion seals, transfer case input and output seals and a transmission output seals. I put it all back together and went for a test drive on a Friday night as I was taking a 50 mile trip the next day. About 5...