Try Soaking it in a little diesel overnight. It worked for me. :)
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Message from: Matthew Jones
Senior Computing Technician
King's College London
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matt@matanza.cc.kcl.ac.uk
matthew.jones@kcl.ac.uk
http://matanza.cc.kcl.ac.uk
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On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, Jeremy DuBois wrote:
> Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 10:46:59 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Jeremy DuBois <jer@thlogic.com>
> To: MG's <mgs@autox.team.net>,
> British Cars Mailing List <british-cars@autox.team.net>
> Subject: ARRGG! Stupid MGB Head
>
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> I've gotten a little frustrated trying to remove the head from my
> MGB engine. All the manuals told me exactly what the problem was going to
> be, the the head will be stuck onto the studs, but none of the manuals offer
> any useful way to fix the problem.
> The head is only stuck on one stud, so it's pretty free and I can
> rock it back and forth a bit. But I can't get that stud to free from the
> head so I can lift the head off. I've tried banging on the head, prying on
> side of the head, wedging between the head and the block with wood, and
> twisting the stud out by locking two nuts together. None of that seemed to
> do anything.
>
> Anybody have any suggestions? I was thinking of trying to torch it,
> but I'm afraid of damaging the head by doing that.
>
> Jeremy DuBois
> Programmer/System Administrator
> Thermalogic Corporation
> '74 MGB, '76 Spit
>
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