Is This True?

ImpOnFire · November 6th, 2009, 04:59 PM

yep, happened to me on my way home.. i was more than scared my engine was ruined.. but thank god mine had just spun loose and we could stick it back in long enough for me to limp home and replace it

Mustang_GTX · November 7th, 2009, 02:20 AM

no the parts sheet said over 1300 in labor cuz they had to take off the heads and send them to a machine shop " "

B0B · November 7th, 2009, 11:28 AM

2v heads suck.. i wish i would have done a 4v swap when i did my motor.. oh well

Eagle2000GT · November 7th, 2009, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by Mustang_GTX

no the parts sheet said over 1300 in labor cuz they had to take off the heads and send them to a machine shop " "

They may have done that but a lot of people have just fixed the problem without taking off the head. It doesn't take a machine shop to put in a heliocoil in an aluminum head.

By the way, aren't 4v head aluminum?

Mustang_GTX · November 8th, 2009, 01:24 AM

i have no clue, but with the helicoil thingy, dont you have to drill out the hole and put a new thing in? i heard that the shavings can ef up ur sh!t so thats y they took them off... as for the machine shop.. idk.. its ford

Mustang_GTX · November 8th, 2009, 01:24 AM

irrelevent to the subject, the mechanic that worked on my car owns a 2002 TT camaro haha

November 6th, 2009, 04:59 PM	#21
ImpOnFire Newbie 99 failboat 10 min @ 1/4 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 33.04, -80.14 Posts: 13	yep, happened to me on my way home.. i was more than scared my engine was ruined.. but thank god mine had just spun loose and we could stick it back in long enough for me to limp home and replace it __________________ Your anguish sustains me

November 7th, 2009, 02:20 AM	#22
Mustang_GTX Regular 2002 Mustang GT 13.515@102 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chi-Town Posts: 250	no the parts sheet said over 1300 in labor cuz they had to take off the heads and send them to a machine shop " " __________________ Mustang Mike

November 8th, 2009, 01:24 AM	#25
Mustang_GTX Regular 2002 Mustang GT 13.515@102 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chi-Town Posts: 250	i have no clue, but with the helicoil thingy, dont you have to drill out the hole and put a new thing in? i heard that the shavings can ef up ur sh!t so thats y they took them off... as for the machine shop.. idk.. its ford __________________ Mustang Mike

November 8th, 2009, 01:24 AM	#26
Mustang_GTX Regular 2002 Mustang GT 13.515@102 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chi-Town Posts: 250	irrelevent to the subject, the mechanic that worked on my car owns a 2002 TT camaro haha __________________ Mustang Mike

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