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To: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Head Problems
From: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 10:57:45 EDT
<If this doesn't work, use a stud extractor (or double-nut the studs) and 
remove as many of them as you can. This allows you to wriggle the head around 
more, breaking any residual seal with the head gasket. If all the studs come 
out, you can also use "percussive persuasion" to knock the head sideways to 
get it off the block............>>

If all else fails, you can also put the spark plugs back in and hit the 
starter - the compression with all the valves closed may move the head, but 
try Lawrie's penetrating oil first.

Worst case of stuck head I ever had was a Triumph Mayflower, which had an 
aluminum flat head that corroded to the steel studs. The only way to get it 
apart was to make up a hollow saw that went over each stud and, used in a 
drill, cut away a thin layer of aluminum around each stud. Took forever!

Bill Spohn

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