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RE: Cylinder head oil leak Part II

To: "Navarrette, Vance" <vance.navarrette@intel.com>
Subject: RE: Cylinder head oil leak Part II
From: Don Erickson <derick@zeni.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:00:29 -0500 (CDT)
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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