Just got into the 3V world myself in Feb of this year(2022). I have spent about 4-5 months on repairing a 2008 4.6L engine(still now). Putting it in a 2006, which was a V6 4.0. Was supercharged but blew it, Oooff. My own mistake. Excellent detail and work. I got stuck at timing/heads. Thank you very much. Soon to be on the road!
Glad you went through all this trouble and explained everything in great detail. If my 3v ever needs major work, I'll be sure to use these as reference. Thank you!
My son's friend broke a rocker arm... we just got the right head off(not doing both) and followed the series along! Been doing this all my life but never did this exact vehicle. Thanks a million! This series was spot on! Now just got to take the head to the machine shop...
That's unfortunate. I hope that it works out. My heads were out of whack when I brought them in. Need some regrinding and such. Good to get it all knocked out though. Sounds like you guys are being thorough and doing it the right way. good on ya. Glad the video helped!
Amazing series! Enjoyed watching all 5 episodes. Hope I never have to do this job. What a nightmare!! Camera work, audio and quality is top notch! Thanks for doing this!
Great Video's Ry. I have a noisy Lifter and 180K on my 05 GT, so want to have the heads gone thru. New Cams and timing chains. Your videos have given me complete confidence. I've done heads on a few engines in the past, but they were old small bock Chevy's and Dodges. I've been wrenching on my own cars since 1984, so I'm an old gear head, that's trying to step into some newer stuff. Don't worry, I still have my 84 Z28 Camaro. Thanks again, great videos man!
I am currently following this video series step for step. QUESTION: Do I have to remove the sparks plugs in order to remove the heads? I don't think you mentioned this.
Nice content good stuff. I want to take out my pistons and connecting rods. After disassembling the engine like you did is it possible te get the pistons and rods out of the bottom of the engine by removing the oil pan?
I very much doubt that. A lot of blocks are designed with obstructions on the bottom of the cylinders so you would not be able to slide them out. Even if you could, getting them back in would be nearly impossible as you would need a flat surface to slide the rings past.
If you had a lift you MIGHT be able to pull it out from the bottom. To be honest I don't know exactly what the bottom looks like anymore. It's been a while since I've owned the car.
Question. I know it's been awhile. If you remember. If you pulled your heads off why would you time it? You had to time it again when replacing the timing kit correct? So essentially you timed it twice??? I'm getting ready to install my heads back on but I never timed anything. Because Im replacing both camshafts. I didn't remember any of the orientation. I figured heads off put piston one at tdc and replace heads and then set cams to where they are on the exhaust stroke. Am I correct?
I just timed it so I know that the pistons are in the right position before removing the heads. That way I can slap the heads on, through on the phasers, make sure those are in the right position and get the chain installed. Thats all.
Should I change out the head gasket as well? My car has only 40k miles on it. I'm only removing the head because I accidentally dropped a valve while swapping out the valve springs
I need to find out why I have low compression in one cylinder, 2007 mustang gt, no smoke out of oil fill,cap, all cylinders 150 psi, number 4 cylinder 75 psi, started after oil change and new plugs,, ?????
They are all on my channel under “Mustang GT Repair”. You can go look at that playlist or watch the first one by going here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-z2LPPgiaElU.html . At the end of each video there there is a link on the screen to watch the next one.
@@Rythecarguy so I think I'm getting ready to do this timing chain and I'm scared to death I watch videos on end my cams should be at 11 driver side should be at 12 the bottom dot at 6 the key at 11 and the timing chain cover off how do I go about locking the cams down I got so many unanswered questions besides me being terrified of this happening I also need to replace oil pump and the head on the passenger side both cam phasers both sensors so you got any pointers and ideas it would be appreciated I'm a broke individual otherwise I'd have a mechanic do it
it is absolutely ridiculous that what should be a 15 minutes menial task, ends up in a major multi-hour engine disassembly. Shame on Ford for such bad design.
