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1. Stuck head, 77 Midget, the saga continues (score: 1)
Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 23:43:09 -0500
Car: 77 Midget that refuse to come apart easily. I finally got all of the studs out of my head. The last three were removed with a Sears stud extractor. Worked like a champ. Thanks for all of the adv
/html/mgs/1998-11/msg01341.html (10,052 bytes)

2. Re: Stuck head, 77 Midget, the saga continues (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 01:00:29 -0500
For starters, leave the car jacked up like this over the nights and days while you are deciding what next to do. It also might help to leave the car in this state while trying other techniques. A lon
/html/mgs/1998-11/msg01342.html (8,848 bytes)

3. Re: Stuck head, 77 Midget, the saga continues (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 03:13:52 -0500
I wouldn't worry about bent rods. Bent rods usually happen with the engine at speed, so the whole momentum of the CAR is used to compress the incompressable and the rod takes the worst of it. I don't
/html/mgs/1998-11/msg01348.html (8,097 bytes)

4. RE: Stuck head, 77 Midget, the saga continues (score: 1)
Author: Larry Hoy <larryhoy@cwix.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 07:46:33 -0700
Bill, you've had so many suggestions I can't remember them all. What I am going to propose is usually the last thing I'd try. Has anyone suggested you "wedge" it off? First I would "soak" the head in
/html/mgs/1998-11/msg01356.html (12,040 bytes)

5. Re: Stuck head, 77 Midget, the saga continues (score: 1)
Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 15:04:34 -0500
Hal, Fair question. Sometimes the obvious is not so obvious. Yes I am sure I have gotten all of the head bolts and stud out. There were 10 total. There is nothing else bolted to the head as far as I
/html/mgs/1998-11/msg01366.html (9,055 bytes)

6. RE: Stuck head, 77 Midget, the saga continues (score: 1)
Author: Larry Hoy <larryhoy@cwix.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 16:16:50 -0700
Bill, I don't own a Midget but I do have a Bentley manual and it says to remove the rocker arm. Larry Hoy, Denver, CO. USA 1967 MGB Roadster, Vintage Racer 1969 MGB Roadster, Driver 1970 MGB Roadster
/html/mgs/1998-11/msg01377.html (10,186 bytes)

7. Re: Stuck head, 77 Midget, the saga continues (score: 1)
Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 23:26:16 -0500
Hurray! My head finally came off, well not mine but the cars. This is how it happened. Last night I left the car jacked up by the head and applied PB Blaster around where the head meets the block. Th
/html/mgs/1998-11/msg01406.html (9,614 bytes)

8. Re: Stuck head, 77 Midget, the saga continues (score: 1)
Author: "Scott Pontius" <spontius@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 21:39:29 -0800
"If it won't go, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway..." -unknown mechanic Scott Pontius '78 MGB V8 Los Angeles BFH, 5 foot cheater bar, etc. I decide that I would buy an 8lb.
/html/mgs/1998-11/msg01408.html (8,148 bytes)

9. Re: Stuck head, 77 Midget, the saga continues (score: 1)
Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 21:47:06 -0800
It is amazing what threats can do! As soon as your car saw you were seriously going to take a big sledge to it - poof! it stopped stonewalling! Mike
/html/mgs/1998-11/msg01415.html (10,470 bytes)

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