just blew the head gasket finaly in my 99. just need some imput on how to take the head off. i want to do it all my self. i am pretty familiar with the rest of the engine just not this. i am going to get a brand new head from PDR just need some help on how to remove the head and put the new one on. thanks.

update......i already have all the fuel lines off, including the banjo fitting in back of the head. the question i have is do i have to pull the rockers off and take the push rods out to take the head off. if so, can some one please tell me how to get #5 and #6 pushrods out.

 

An inline 6 head is a breeze to pull. If you know your way around a tool box...get a shop manual and just go for it. It's almost hard to screw up.

 

i just put a update in , so like i said in the update, do i need to pull the rockers off along with the pushrods. if so, how would i get the pushrods out of #5 and #6.

 

REMOVAL
(1) Disconnect battery negative cables.
(2) Raise vehicle on hoist.
(3) Drain engine coolant.
(4) Disconnect exhaust pipe from turbocharger
elbow.
(5) Disconnect turbocharger oil drain tube at rubber
hose connection. Cap off open ports to prevent
intrusion of dirt or foreign material.
(6) Lower vehicle.
(7) Disconnect air inlet temperature/pressure sensor.
(8) Remove air cleaner housing and snorkel from
the vehicle. Cap off turbocharger air inlet to prevent
intrusion of dirt or foreign material.
(9) Disconnect cab heater core supply and return
hoses from the cylinder head and heater pipe.
(10) Disconnect turbocharger oil supply line at the
turbocharger end. Cap off open ports to prevent
intrusion of dirt or foreign material.
(11) Remove exhaust manifold-to-cylinder head
bolts, spacers, heat shield, retention straps, and cab
heater plumbing. Remove exhaust manifold and turbocharger
from the vehicle as an assembly.
(12) Remove cooling fan assembly.
(13) Remove accessory drive belt (Refer to 7 -
COOLING/ACCESSORY DRIVE/DRIVE BELTS -
REMOVAL).
(14) Remove cooling fan support from cylinder
block.
(15) Remove upper generator bolt, loosen lower
generator bolt, and rotate generator away from cylinder
head.
(16) Disconnect radiator upper hose from the thermostat
housing.
(17) Disconnect the Intake Air Temperature/Manifold
Air Pressure, and Coolant Temperature sensor
connectors.
(18) Remove the engine harness to cylinder head
attaching bolts and P-clips at front of head.
(19) Remove the throttle linkage cover (Fig. 8).
(20) For automatic equipped vehicles only, remove
the six (6) accelerator pedal position sensor assembly-
to-cylinder head bracket bolts (Fig. 9) and secure
the entire assembly out of the way. Disconnect the
APPS connector (Fig. 10). It is not necessary to
disconnect the cables from the throttle control
assembly.
(21) Remove the intake air grid heater wires from
the grid heater.
(22) Remove engine oil level indicator tube attaching
bolt at fuel filter housing bracket and inlet air
connection..
(23) Remove the charge air cooler-to-air inlet housing pipe. (24) Remove the engine wire harness attaching
bolt and wire harness push-in fastener from air inlet
housing.
(25) Remove the air inlet housing and intake grid
heater from the intake manifold cover.
(26) Remove the two grid heater harness-to-cylinder
head attaching bolts at front of cylinder head.
(27) Remove the engine lift bracket from the rear
of the cylinder head.
(28) Remove the high pressure pump to fuel
rail fuel line as follows:
(a) Loosen fuel line nuts at fuel pump and at
fuel rail.
(b) Use a back-up wrench on the fitting at the
fuel pump to keep it from loosening.
(29) Remove the fuel rail to cylinder head fuel
lines as follows:
(a) Loosen No. 6 high pressure fuel line shield
and position out of way.
(b) Loosen the fuel line nuts at the fuel rail and
at the cylinder head.
(c) Remove the fuel line bracket bolts at the
intake manifold cover.
(30) Remove the fuel rail as follows:
(a) Remove fuel rail pressure sensor connector.
(b) Remove banjo fitting at pressure limiting
valve.
(c) Remove fuel rail bolts and fuel rail.
(31) Remove the low pressure lines as follows:
(a) Remove the fuel drain banjo fitting on the
front side of fuel filter housing.
(b) Remove the fuel drain banjo fitting on rear
side of fuel filter housing.
(c) Remove the fuel drain line support bracket
on rear side of filter housing.
(d) Disconnect fuel drain hose.
(e) Remove banjo fitting at bottom of fuel filter
housing.
(f) Disconnect fuel supply hose at lift pump. and fuel lift pump connectors.
(33) Remove the fuel filter assembly-to-cylinder
head bolts and remove filter assembly from vehicle.
(34) Remove wire harness P-clip from cylinder
head (located behind filter housing).
(35) Remove the cylinder head cover(Refer to 9 -
ENGINE/CYLINDER HEAD/CYLINDER HEAD
COVER(S) - REMOVAL).
(36) Disconnect rocker housing injector harness
connectors.
(37) Remove injector harness nuts from injectors.
(38) Remove the rocker levers (Fig. 11), cross
heads and push rods (Fig. 12). Mark each component
so they can be installed in their original positions.
NOTE: The #5 cylinder exhaust and the #6 cylinder
intake and exhaust push rods are removed by lifting
them up and through the provided cowl panelaccess holes. Remove the rubber plugs to expose
these relief holes.
(39) Remove the fuel return line and banjo bolt at
the rear of the cylinder head. Be careful not to drop
the two (2) sealing washers.
(40) Remove the fuel injectors (Refer to 14 - FUEL
SYSTEM/FUEL INJECTION/FUEL INJECTOR -
REMOVAL).
(41) Remove rocker housing bolts and rocker housing
and gasket.
(42) Reinstall the engine lift bracket at the rear of
cylinder head. Torque to 77 N·m (57 ft. lbs.).
(43) Remove twenty six (26) cylinder head-to-block
bolts.
(44) Attach an engine lift crane to engine lift
brackets and lift cylinder head off engine and out of
vehicle.

 

There's something to be said for a head that requires a crane

 

sweet nectar man. thanks gunz. i appreciate it. pretty simple job. thanks again.

 

No prob.....Keep in mind that this info is from an 05 manual. I doubt the head removal procedure has changed much though.