You should be able to pull the head without disturbing the figure 8
seals. I normally stack a couple of sockets on the head studs and
put a nut on top to hold the liners in place with the head off,
though. That way if you turn the engine over the liners don't move
with the pistons.
I'm a source of the thick compressible high temp graphite intake /
exhaust gaskets, but only have them for the high port head.
Tony Drews
At 11:55 AM 4/23/2011, John Gillis wrote:
>Hi all- engine removed finally to deal with my cam shaft core plug
>that dropped out fooling me into thinking the rear crank seal was
>the culprit. Anyway you may remember I had problems getting smooth
>running, which seemed like a vacuum problem. I thought I might take
>the head off and have a look inside. Can I safely take the head off
>without disturbing the liners and their figure of 8 seals? Also if I
>have a problem sealing around the inlet manifold, are the new
>thicker gaskets I read about on the list available for the low port
>head and if so from who?
>Regards
>John
>
>
>John Gillis
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