uh does anyone know of good ways to get to the lower intake bolts? so i can unbolt it all and get my head off?

 

remove head with manifold in it, disconnect emissions boxes.. and remove all with head,,

to remove lower bolts you need a 12mm short wrench i have found that craftman's short 12 combo wrench works great , remove oil filter, manifold to block brakets,

 

shoot i was afraid of that.... oh well here i go.....btw um when you replace the head you just have to be sure everything is clean and put the new gasket on and torque it down in the proper order right? i've only done this 2 times and i just want to be 100% sure before i go and do this job...
thanks

 

do you need to replace head?? take it to machine shop and chk for warpage it might be resurfable and reusable ...and yes torque bolts in sequence you should get a book to follow the sequence and torque specs

 

when i took the manifold off of the head in one of my parts cars, i just used a boxed wrench like DH recommended. worked well enough for me.

 

sheeze well igot the head off finally that thing is a mother to get off the tubes that go from the exhaust manifold to the intake were locked on so freakin tight i could not get them off sheeze so i had that to fight while i was removing the head well it'll be going to gether tomarrow so thanks for the help.