Head Gasket Part 1

I started my head gasket replacement project on Friday night. With a couple of hours Friday and a couple Saturday I've successfully got most the stuff out of the way. I'm now working on finding all the electrical connections so I can lift the intake manifold off. I'll post more details and pictures in part 2, but for now I'm just glad that I was able to get the crankshaft pulley off. Here's a couple of pictures.

This is the setup I used to get the crank pulley off. I used the strap wrench with a 19" handle to hold the pulley and the 2 foot breaker bar on the bolt plus 2 feet extra pipe for a cheater bar. To get the bolt off I had to stand in the engine compartment on the handle of the strap wrench while Michelle pulled on the 4 foot cheater bar.

Close up of the strap wrench and breaker bar on the crank pulley.

My four foot cheater pipe with the breaker bar inside. A yardstick is below for comparison.

Now the trick will be getting the bolt torqued down to the recommended ~130 foot pounds when I put it back together.