05 6L Head Gasket Repair

[thesub265]

Hey there everyone. Well I just completed my first ever head gasket repair on my 2005 F350 6L and I wanted to share some pics with everyone of the job . I was quite apprehensive about tackling this job because I had never done any PSD repairs before. I have to say that after a lot, I mean a lot, of YouTube, thank you to "srmastertech", and Powerstrokearmy.com, I actually found that the job was relatively straight forward. It helps when you have a friend with a large shop and 10k hoist that doesn't mind having it tied up for three weeks LOL. I have to give some credit to the ford engineers for designing the cab lifting procedure the way they did. In less than 3 hours by myself I was able to have the cab in the air. Let me tell you that is the only way to do it, everything is soo accessible that way. I did ARPs' and updated turbo drain line, updated stand pipes, EGR delete (welded ends), cleaned turbo etc while I was in there.
Enough jibber jabber. Enjoy the pics.
PS have way more pics that I can share if anyone is interested.

 

[webb06]

sweet! We're the gaskets blown or did you just want to put studs in prior to failure?

 

[Alex in Atl]

Lol @ "straight forward"! Good job though man.

 

[Monster12valve]

I would love to do my own, I don't have a lift though. And cab on seems like a pita. At least I am lucky enough to have a good diesel shop near me.

 

[560puller]

Cab on isn't that bad. Just takes longer. If you have the time and patience it's not a big deal.

 

[6speedsd]

Did mine cab on. Sure it's definitely harder than cab off, but it can be done. I did it by myself in my driveway. Hard part for me was getting torque on a couple of the studs...you can only get the wrench at a certain angle, and it makes it hard to put that much torque on it at a weird angle. I'd do it again cab on if I had to....


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[6speedsd]

Did ford offer gaskets in a grey color,like that? Sure hope those are OEM....


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[DEEZUZ]

Umm... Are those gaskets on right?

 

[suprdzlduty]

Probably the "platinums" or whatever mahle changed the name to...supposedly they are same as Ford's...

 

[webb06]

Umm... Are those gaskets on right?

Haha had a heck of a time getting those smaller head bolts in I bet!

 

[DEEZUZ]

I really want to know if he put it together like that...

 

[suprdzlduty]

lol...I see what ya mean now.

 

[thesub265]

The picture was taken before I realized the gaskets were on wrong moments later. I did have a small leak but only on the hottest days and pulling my 5th. It never blew out any coolant just driving normally.