My buddy helped me do it. He is a mechanic and we started at 11am on saturday and finished at 11pm on sunday. I paid for all of his food and gave him a little cash.
He said he's done one before at his shop and it was a little over 2k in labor.It's not that hard if you have the tools and know...
Just replaced my head gasket this weekend. 2004 with 208,500 miles on it. Never overheated and no leaks in the cooling system or low coolant. I got a misfire on cylinder #6 CEL after starting the engine,right as I started it up it had a rough idle. Never overheated the temp gauge never moved...
2004 V6 4x4 with 209,000 miles. Just had the head gasket blow last friday.:redbrick: My mechanic said it looks like my engine has 30k miles on it. It's all back together and I expect another 200-300k more out of her.