Glen,
You should drain the coolant and loosen all the head stud nuts just enough
so you don't have uneven pressure all on one side. I'd think you'd end up
with potential problems if you loosen only one side. Leave as much time as
you can to let all the oil drain into the sump as possible too. Worst that
will happen is you'll have to pull the head to replace the gasket, but if
you don't disturb the head, you should be OK.
Gerard
At 4:12 PM -0800 2/27/02, Glen Byrns wrote:
>Has anyone pulled the rocker shaft off a 1275 leaving the non-rocker side head
>nuts tight and swapped the rocker shaft without doing the head gasket? Do the
>offside bolts keep the gasket from leaking until the other side can be
>refitted with the new rocker bits? Quick answer needed, I'm doing it tonight
>one way or the other.
>
>Probably penny-wise, pound foolish, but I'm just cheap and lazy enough to
>ask.
>
>Glen Byrns
>
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