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Do both sides,
drain the radiator, pull the valve covers, intake, spark plugs, rocker arms and exhaust. Dont disassemble the rocker arms, pull them as a unit and lay inside a valve cover with the bolts still in it.
unbolt the head bolts and lift off.
I personally prefer the steel shim gaskets, but everyone will like something different..
If you run into trouble, I am pretty close by and can swing by.
One of the posters mentioned torching, that is when the lit gases travel from one cylinder to another and erode a portion of the block.



Thanks, out of curiousity these steps all make sense except pulling the shaft rocker system off the heads. Is that neccasary to remove the heads? Just curious what this step accomplishes, thanks for the advice, explanation and help