[TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil?

[sumton at sbcglobal.net (oliver)]

use the rope trick to get the head off

>
>> Wow you must be a better mechanic than me (it doesnbt take much)  I have
> spent about 2 hours and have it to the point where I should be able to 
> pull
> the head now.  However I canbt get it to budge, but just yanking on it. 
> I
> tried tapping the head lightly with a hammer to see if it would loosen up, 
> no
> luck.  Is there a trick to getting the head to break loose?  I am guessing 
> it
> would be a bad idea to turn the engine over to do it with compression?