> I remember seeing something somewhere about putting a piece of
> rope in the
> spark pluh hole and using the engine to pop the head off. This engine is
> not in a car so I cant use a starter,
All you need do is bolt a starter in place onto the rear plate, and hook a
battery to it.
> but I tried it using the
> fan to turn
> the engine over and after one broken fan blade and one skinned knuckle, I
> can now see a slight gap between the head and the block.
You can also use a big breaker bar on the front nut (if you have a suitable
6-point socket). Back up and try to spin the motor to where it stops, so
the inertia of the crank & flywheel will work for you. Of course if the
engine isn't bolted to anything, you may need to bolt it down first.
> The head still
> doesn't want to come off though. I know I not supposed to lever
> it off, but
> it sure seems tempting. Any ideas much appreciated. Thanks.
Have you tried removing the studs individually ?
Another thing to keep in mind, if the studs are present, the head must come
up perfectly straight. If you've lifted one side more than the other, it
will bind. Also, while it's an extremely bad idea to pry between the head
and block (risks ruining both of them beyond economical repair), there's
nothing that says you can't pry outside them. Sometimes a nut on a rocker
stud will let you pry against the top of a head stud, for example.
Haven't tried it yet, but this stud puller tool (more accurately the
equivalent tool from MAC or Snap-On) was recommended to me by several people
:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=5237
BTW, there's a good description of the "rope trick" at
http://www.team.net/www/triumph/mainStag.html#HeadRemoval
Although written for a Stag, the principles are the same for a TR6. Just
ignore where it says "repeat for the other head" :)
HTH
Randall
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