How do you remove a refit a spark ignition cylinder head?
Instruction to remove and refitt the cylinder head while the engine is in the car
- Disconnect the battery terminals.
- Remove the air cooling ducts.
- Mark the 2 spark plug cables and remove the cables and spark plugs.
- Remove the air filter and the carburetter.
- Remove the exhaust system.
- Remove the aluminium rocker cover.
What kind of head gasket should I use on my 1987 Evo?
Get the manual for the torque values and follow them. Use a quality head gasket like James gaskets and a few others. 1987 flh 1340 stock, I have blown head gasket, i can see oil and there is a slight tick where you can feel air excaping between the head and cylinder.
How do you remove guide from cylinder head?
Guide removal from a cylinder head can be done in a couple of ways: Bang them out and cause damage to the head *BAD* Drill them until they fall out on their own so as to cause no damage to the head *GOOD* Many builders don’t have the correct equipment to properly remove and install valve guides, so they use force instead.
When to replace head gasket on Harley Davidson Touring model?
Discussion in ‘ Touring Models ‘ started by travhous, Oct 6, 2009 . 1987 flh 1340 stock, I have blown head gasket, i can see oil and there is a slight tick where you can feel air excaping between the head and cylinder. How difficult of a replacment is this and what extra parts would be good to replace at the time.
How do you remove the top end of a Harley Davidson?
Label the cylinders and set aside. Now you can push clean shop towels into the openings of the crank case to protect against anything falling into your lower end, while the top end is apart. Finally, you can remove your pistons from the connecting rods. It is important to slide short lengths of rubber hose over your cylinder studs for protection.
Guide removal from a cylinder head can be done in a couple of ways: Bang them out and cause damage to the head *BAD* Drill them until they fall out on their own so as to cause no damage to the head *GOOD* Many builders don’t have the correct equipment to properly remove and install valve guides, so they use force instead.
Get the manual for the torque values and follow them. Use a quality head gasket like James gaskets and a few others. 1987 flh 1340 stock, I have blown head gasket, i can see oil and there is a slight tick where you can feel air excaping between the head and cylinder.
Label the cylinders and set aside. Now you can push clean shop towels into the openings of the crank case to protect against anything falling into your lower end, while the top end is apart. Finally, you can remove your pistons from the connecting rods. It is important to slide short lengths of rubber hose over your cylinder studs for protection.
Discussion in ‘ Touring Models ‘ started by travhous, Oct 6, 2009 . 1987 flh 1340 stock, I have blown head gasket, i can see oil and there is a slight tick where you can feel air excaping between the head and cylinder. How difficult of a replacment is this and what extra parts would be good to replace at the time.