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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