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I guess I should have further explained, I meant turn the crank pulley using a socket and breaker bar. Have you tried that?
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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
I guess I should have further explained, I meant turn the crank pulley using a socket and breaker bar. Have you tried that?
yea I tried today, the bastard wouldn't budge...its on there tight as sh!t. I'm just gonna have my uncle come over sometime this week and make him do it. I'm too weak 
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OK....
By "turn" do you mean turning the Bolt off, as in loosening it? or do you mean turning the crank so as to get it to TDC?
If you're not trying to loosen the Bolt, you should be able to turn the bolt which should, in turn, rotate the crank (clockwise) and if you can't, yes, you are weak. 
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well I didn't read the last few posts a while back...but I'm not sure how u would turn a bolt clockwise without loosening it. Anyway my uncle who is a mechanic gave me a shortcut to take. Just marked the exact spots on the cam pulleys and timing belt so that they can be aligned when everything is put back together. So the timing belt didn't even come off, just slipped the cams from underneath the belt and I was ready to get rollin again finally. This is taking extremely long due to me waiting for my uncle to help and all this crap but anyway...I got the head off today. Which means I'm just about there, just gotta clean, seal and torque to spec. Few pictures for you high speeders...  My head when it was first removed...no wonder the car wouldn't stay on unless I gave it gas.    the weird part is that I was expecting my head gasket to be all burned and in little pieces but the entire thing is intact...I found that kinda weird but I guess I'm lucky. Now I'm wondering how a perfectly intact head gasket let all that coolant in there?  head disassembled  puddles gone after a little cleaning from me, although I'm not sure how I'm supposed to get the coolant in the little cracks   bottom of head   there you go...I'm praying to have this finished up in the next couple of days...we'll see what happens. 
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Originally posted by ZetecNinja:
I'm not sure how u would turn a bolt clockwise without loosening it.
Clockwise = tighten
Counterclockwise = loosen
Originally posted by ZetecNinja:
Which means I'm just about there, just gotta clean, seal and torque to spec.
Did you have the head checked to make sure it's not cracked or warped? The usual advice is to have the head checked at a machine shop to make sure the gasket surface is perfectly flat, and inspect for fine cracks. They can machine it flat if necessary. Sometimes they can weld up cracks.
Originally posted by ZetecNinja:
My head when it was first removed...no wonder the car wouldn't stay on unless I gave it gas. Now I'm wondering how a perfectly intact head gasket let all that coolant in there?
Your car would not have run with that coolant in the cylinders. It looks like you didn't drain the coolant before you took off the head, so the coolant that was in the head must have poured into the cylinders.
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puddles gone after a little cleaning from me, although I'm not sure how I'm supposed to get the coolant in the little cracks
You mean the coolant in the coolant passages? The way to get it out is to drain the coolant from the bottom of the radiator.
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the car didn't run with the coolant in there...but with me keeping my foot on the gas I could keep it going a few extra feet (trying to rush it home)...but yea it would eventually just die out no matter what. I'm just saying, now I know why...
And no I didn't drain the radiator because of the advice my uncle had given me...he said that I may not have to because 9 times out of 10...something something...I can't even think right now but he gave me a reason why I wouldn't have to when I suggested it to him.
I don't believe the head will have to be checked out though, it doesn't even look like there is damage period...I didn't even have to scrape the gasket off. It popped right off like it was nothing. There has to be someway that is was moved or something...but I'll let my uncle look at it, he should be able to tell if it needs to be done or not but I really doubt it.
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If the head is aluminum, you need to get the head resurfaced before you put it back on. Aluminum warps and it's something we've always done when pulling off a head. If it's steel, they you probably won't need to resurface it, but Aluminum needs it.
Yeah, you should of drained the coolant before taking off the head. Look into a metal head gasket. Turbo Tom sells them and can withstand turbo applications with ease, nevermind regular driving. There's no way you could of ran with that much coolant in the compression chambers, that's like hydrolock levels of fluid there.
We used an impact wrench to remove the pulley, it's a piece of cake with one of those. Cam timing is easy if you know what you're doing. If you're in AZ maybe call up StreetFlight and get some pointers from them. Good luck.
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just a simple question
it doesn't matter if radiator fluid is drained to the ground right? I've only got one can and its filled with the remaining oil from my car.
Also I am supposed to run water through the radiator after all the coolant is let out to pretty much flush the radiator right?
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No, you shouldn't. Unless the stuff you put in last says it's biodegradable or something.
While you're there, do This . You'll get it all out.
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alright, thats a good pic at the end too...looks like it would take all of 5 min. to install.
so does the coolant just drains out of there?
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