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Re: [TR] TR6 head removal

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Subject: Re: [TR] TR6 head removal
From: Dave1massey@cs.com
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 18:23:44 -0400 (EDT)
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Full-name: Dave1massey
I can see how that would work quite handily if the engine is removed from 
the car but it will either maybe work or not at all depending on which stud 
it is.

But a clever solution at any rate.  Let's hope it helps Peter out.

Dave

In a message dated 10/14/2013 10:51:56 AM Central Daylight Time, 
blambert@socal.rr.com writes: 
> Apparently the studs will corrode themselves to the passage in which they
> pass through the head, so in that case the stud was prevented from being
> turned by the head, not stuck in threads in the block.  I ended up using 
> the
> head as a giant "bolt head" for the stud, breaking the head loose by
> whacking it on the side with a rubber mallet in the direction of 
> unscrewing
> the stud.  Eventually it worked and I was able to turn the head, 
> unscrewing
> the head/stud combo all the way. 

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