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Re: GT6 head off / Strom rebuild

To: examiner@scci.net
Subject: Re: GT6 head off / Strom rebuild
From: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@mrdog.msl.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 16:06:32 -0500
On a six-cylinder, the rope should go into 1 & 6, which pistons both
go up and down together (even though they fire 180 deg apart).  On a
four-cylinder motor, 1 & 4 are the appropriate cylinders.

Donald.
Resurrecting a 69+/- FrankenSpit (oooh, those stitches must hurt!)

> Zip wrote:
> 
[...]
> > Does anyone have any advice/tips for removing the head - the studs look
> > a bit iffy, so they're being dowsed in WD/oil for a week.  If it's a
> > simple blown gasket, do I need the head skimmed / any other
> > precautions??
> 
> #1 - Use PB Blaster instead of WD-40...... just pulled my head and it worked
> GREAT
> #2 - Used the 'rope' trick... Insert a length of rope into cylinders 1+4,
> reinsert plugs, crank engine. That pushed my head right off
> #3 - Take head to a pro and let them look at it to determine what is needed
> 

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