Ted -
You haven't tried the rope trick yet!
Put a few of the head nuts back on, but not very far. Remove the
spark plugs and get some rope. Cut the rope into two pieces. Rotate
the crank so that two cylinders are at BDC (bottom dead center).
Feed rope into those two cylinders; as much as you can.
Put a 1 13/16" (IIRC) socket on the crank nut, grab a breaker bar,
and stand on it.
The rope, being soft, will not damage the inner surfaces of the
motor, yet it is not really compressible, and so will apply force to
the head as the pistons move up from BDC.
The head should pop off. The head nuts you put back on will keep it
from toppling down off the block and smashing your toe.
HTH!
Dan
At 23:03 -0500 03/24/02, HigginsTJ@aol.com wrote:
>I need help!! I'm in the processes of a rebuild but I can't get the bloody
>head off. I have tried the "turn the engine over to get compression" trick,
>the "swift smack with a hammer and wood combo" trick, and the ever popular
>"jerk on it until your arms go numb" trick and nothing has happened. Any
>ideas as what to do next?
>Thanks in advance,
>Ted
>' 73 1500
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