Don:
Whatever works, in this case, is correct.
For some reason the TR6 is particularly difficult. I have been
told that spraying a little Pam on the gasket surfaces prevents this,
but I have never tried it.
Perhaps it is something with the Payen head gasket technology
that causes this. Dunno. All I know is that virtually everyone has
difficulty.
Cheers,
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: Don Erickson [mailto:derick@zeni.net]
Sent: July 17, 2006 8:00 AM
To: Navarrette, Vance
Cc: JOHN JOHNSON; 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Cylinder head oil leak Part II
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Navarrette, Vance wrote:
> I have been told that using a floor jack rather than a sledge on
> the 2x4 will also remove the head. Basically you are pushing up
against
> the head while the weight of the car is pulling down on the block.
I tried that at first, but I was lifting the car! I figured that
eventually the head would pop loose doing this, but it made me a little
nervous about the possibility of damaging something when the whole car
dropped away from the head, given the fact that it was on jack stands
(or
_off_ jack stands at this point.) So, I decided that an "impact"
approach
would be better and the head tore loose after only a couple of pretty
good
whacks.
Cylinder heads aren't supposed to be this difficult to remove. Is this
a
TR6 quirk?
Regards,
-Don
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