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Removing head from ' 49 pickup 216 #1094124 03/27/2015 7:39 PM
Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 19 florida B Bill Hig New Guy
Bill Hig New Guy B Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 19 florida	So, I blew a head gasket. Have removed everything required for removing head. Is this something that can be manhandled by 2 people? Any special tricks to make the job easier? Anyone in Orlando area know a reliable machine shop to recondition the head? Thanks, Bill Last edited by Bill Hig; 03/27/2015 7:41 PM.

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Removing head from ' 49 pickup 216	Bill Hig	03/27/2015 7:39 PM
Re: Removing head from ' 49 pickup 216	truckernix	03/27/2015 8:14 PM
Re: Removing head from ' 49 pickup 216	Bill Hig	03/27/2015 10:37 PM
Re: Removing head from ' 49 pickup 216	Hookalatch	03/27/2015 11:54 PM
Re: Removing head from ' 49 pickup 216	52_Ton	03/28/2015 12:53 AM
Re: Removing head from ' 49 pickup 216	Wrenchbender Ret.	03/28/2015 3:04 AM
Re: Removing head from ' 49 pickup 216	Bill Hig	03/28/2015 12:55 PM
Re: Removing head from ' 49 pickup 216	Volfandt	03/28/2015 1:29 PM
Re: Removing head from ' 49 pickup 216	truckernix	03/28/2015 2:13 PM
Re: Removing head from ' 49 pickup 216	Bill Hig	03/28/2015 4:52 PM
Re: Removing head from ' 49 pickup 216	Bill Hig	03/28/2015 5:04 PM
Re: Removing head from ' 49 pickup 216	Achipmunk	03/28/2015 5:57 PM
Re: Removing head from ' 49 pickup 216	Bill Hig	03/28/2015 7:45 PM

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