I changed my head gasket this summer, just thought I should share the pics from the event with you. It was pretty straight forward, required no special tools besides the inverse torx for the head bolts, and was pretty easy since I had no turbo or AC that had to be moved. My mechanical experience up to this point had pretty much been rotating tires, installing stereos, changing spark plugs and installing stereos, so I am pretty satisfied with myself. Have driven almost 4000 km since the work was done, and the engine compartment is perfectly dry.
I followed the outline in the Haynes manual, but it got a bit sketchy around what to do with the chain. I finally took the chance to remove the sprockets and place the chain carefully down into the engine block. Worked just fine.
Pics are at
Kristian