Hi
If the engine is still in the car do the following
Put All the plugs back in, and make sure that you have a good battery. Spin
the engine and the compression should blow the head off the gasket.
Lawrence
> ----------
> From: Patton Dickson[SMTP:kpdii@mindspring.com]
> Reply To: Patton Dickson
> Sent: 20 November 1998 05:24
> To: midgets; William M. Gilroy
> Subject: Re: Got my manifolds off, but the head is stuck
>
> I just saw that you said you tried the rope trick in the original post,
> forget I spoke.
>
> Patton
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William M. Gilroy <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
> To: midgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>; mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 1998 9:33 PM
> Subject: Re: Got my manifolds off, but the head is stuck
>
>
> >William M. Gilroy wrote:
> >>
> >> I now have the following off: both manifolds, valve rocker, water
> pump,
> >> and all 10 nuts holding the head, but the head is still stuck tight.
> >> Here is what I have tried:
> >>
> >Almost everyone has suggested that I remove all of the studs then try to
> >remove the head. So I headed home and gave it a try. I used two nuts
> >screwed together to unscrew the studs. This worked fine on 7 out of 10
> >of the studs. The last three are really stuck. I spray some PB blaster
> >on them and walked away. I really don't want to break one of these studs
> >off in the block. That could only make my problems worse.
> >
> >My questions is this, just how much force can I apply to the studs before
> >breaking them becomes an issue? Or if someone has a better idea on how
> to
> >get them out let me know. Anyway thanks for all of the advice on getting
> >this apart.
> >
> >Bill
> >
> >--
> >William M. Gilroy
> >77 Midget
> >E-mail: wmgilroy@lucent.com
> >Telephone: 732-957-4775
> >Fax: 732-957-4775
>
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