My friend and I are doing an LS/VTEC conversion into his 92 dx hatch..

Now we are trying to pull the head off the old B18, and we keep breaking damned sockets! we've tried using an impact gun and using just a big ass breaker bar...BUT to no luck. Anyone got any ideas?

Now the next thing is: we have a JUN built b16 head for the car and the dowel pin crap has been moved like it needs to. So, once we get the old head off...we just need to bolt the one on right? He bought a kit for the oil lines so we have that covered.

Next Question, can we use a combination of factory mounts from various Teg's and civics to get this bolt in? or does it need to be some mounts from HA sport? The block is from I belive a 94 or 95 LS if that helps at all..

I'm clueless on these Honda Swaps...lol

 

The key is to use the 12 point socket that matches the head bolts, preferably made by a good company that has a higher tensile strength steel than the cheapo brands. Minimum Craftsman, or husky. You MUST use a big breaker bar, no Pneumatic to break them loose, or the bolts could break off in the head.


Kabuki

 

I have a similar problem currently trying to get the front suspension apart (ya, it's fun)....the Pneumatic impact gun deffinately hasn't done jack to it even with 10lbs of liquid wrench *sigh*

 

I acutally got the bolts out, and the head is now off...I used a big ass breaker bar...and I bought a nice craftsman impact socket, it figured it would work since it was meant to handle abuse...5 min later the head was off

 

I've had crappy sockets break on me left and right. Go and buy a high quality socket set and get a 5 foot pipe. Slip the pipe over the handle of the socket and pry that bad boy off. Worked perfectly for me on my B20b head bolts.

-Tim

 

Hahaha! Yeah, in order to get the bolts out that connected my old shocks to the LCAs, I had to use a torch and a sawzall. :exnbp:

 

Got to have good sockets. I broke 3-4 of those crappy workforce sockets that I was borrowing once. That was on an 80 Volvo DL head though Little crustified.

 

Yeah, I actually broke 2 craftsman impact sockets before I grabbed the torch and sawzall. Luckily there's a Sears nearby (or was anyway, the mall is a ghost-town now)