Blown head gasket question

[Bill the arcstarter]

It was written:

>To bad there's no LM around who are mechanics to help you out.

It's really just an exercise in patience and time.  If you have both, plus
another vehicle (having an FSM would help) then do it yourself.

The mechanic's process for 'working on it':
1) Remove it.
2) If some unrelated part is in the way of #1, apply step #1 to it.
3) Repeat as necessary

Some really trick wrenches (hard to find and somewhat expensive but
EXTREMELY handy):
http://www.geocities.com/arcstarter/welder/arcstarter/wrench1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/arcstarter/welder/arcstarter/wrench2.jpg

The worst job I ever did on the SR20DE was fooling with the coolant lines
which heat the throttle body.  If yanking the engine makes that particular
task easier - then DO IT. :)

-Bill
'92 Classic @ 153Kmi
'95 $300 headless Neon to be converted into $$$