Airflite40

Ok. I have safely removed all of the 6mm hex bolts without stripping a single one. The cam tower came off easily after that. I have removed the headers, and anything else bolted to the passenger cyl head. I also have removed the nuts from the ten head bolts. I went to pull the pass cyl head and....nothing! It wont budge! Is there anything I'm missing? How hard should I have to pull?

Kevin in Atlanta

You may need to separate the head from the block with gentle persuasion. Got a pry bar?

fst951

Watch the prybar method. I recommend a large rubber mallet. Shock it a few times and it should pop right off.

Good luck

fst951

Did you remove the water bypass housing?

autochicago

Also I take it you drained the cooling system, including the block before attempting? Otherwise you will at least make a big mess with coolant in everything. There's a coolant drain plug on the side of the block in case that answer is no ;-)

Dennis Wilson

Did you remove the air pump tubing that goes into the back of the head?

Dennis

goodspeed928

rubber mallet!!!!

GlenL

Sharp wood chisel. Just be sure to not gouge the head. Doing it on a corner is safer.

Airflite40

Yeah, I removed the air tube and the thing that mounts to the same hole as the coolant thing below the oil sending unit except on the opposite side. I have already drained the block. I'll try the rubber mallet and see how that works.
I must say that after getting to this stage of the gasket job with the engine in the car, I think that the biggest problem I had was moving the (copper?) a/c lines out of the so that I could lift the cam cover off. To get the hex bolts off I used a long Allen wrench in combination with a Vise Grip wrench. The clearance was doable. I Think it is taking me longer than it would take other people since I am taking my time to disassemble, clean and label most everything. This sure has been a learning process though. Luckily no major mishaps so far...<Knocks on wood>. It seems to me that the engine was taken care of before the most recent p.o. had it. Thanks for your help everyone!

Dennis Wilson

Got mine off with a lenght of dowel rod and hammer by tapping up on the 20 mm blocks on the front of the head.

Dennis