allright guys i am in the process of changing my intake gaskets don't need any help with that but what do you guys recammend for removing the old gaskets from the heads also i broke some of those stupid plastic vacume lines what do i do about those thanks for your help

 

come on guys i want ot get my car back togher by morning help please

 

Uh you use a gasket scrapper! Or you can use a razor-blade. Go to the autoparts store and get a scrapper and some vacuum lines.

 

on cast iron head use a paint scrapper and then a scotch pad you know the green ones your mom uses for her pans lol. on the aluminum in take I use a plastic scraper and a scratch pad and some Simple Green or Tide laundry detergent on that too brake cleaner works ok as long as it is non clorinated. The clorinated type leaves a residue and corrodes aluminum. For the vacuum lines just take the pieces that broke to the parts store and replace them. Just make sure you mark the vacuum lines so you know where they go. Actually I just threw those plastic hoses away and replaced them with new rubber vacuum hoses.

 

thanks guys i know about the scapers i just wasn't sure about using them on this stuff didn't want to mess anything up as far as the vacum lines i have no idea where they run to could i just clamp some rubber ones on where i broke them

 

from one end to the other find out where each one goes to then just leave enough to slide the vacuum lines over the old plastic tubing try a single edge razor blade to cut them.

 

thats what i wanted to hear thanks

 

okay guys i have been out in the garage for hours i haven't even got one head clean is there something different

 

if you have air tools a wizzer wheel should have em nice n clean in a matter of a minute or so.. thats how i do it..if not i guess use scrapers like everyone else is sayin? good luck

 

Permatex gasket remover in the aerosol can. Nasty **** though, will remove paint (actually it does this really, really well). It doesn't really <i>remove</i> the gaskets, but softens them up enough to easily scrape them off.