Another way to get a head loose

[Galaxybj]

Well, I tried all the suggestions I received this winter on how to get the head loose on my '71 L24, except for the cherry picker suggestion. It was like it was super glued on. What finally worked was a suggestion from a shop down the road. Back the #1 cylinder off from TDC a bit and stuff as much as possible small diameter nylon rope in the #1 and #6 cylinders, then using a breaker bar with socket on the crank pulley and turn back to top dead center. It took a lot of muscle power, but it finally popped loose. Of course now I get to work on getting the crank pulley bolt loose so I can pull the pulley and front cover. Hopefully it won't be too bad.

One other thing, the head bolt I had to cut off and one of the two others that broke came out by finger after the head was off. The second one that broke - that is another matter. The head would not slide off the shaft of that bolt and during the process of trying to wiggle it off it broke flush with the block. There's only about 1/2" if the bolt left in the block so it should come out ok.

-Bill-

[GreenZZZ]

Very clever. I've been through 4 heads on my Z. My problem has been keeping them on the block!!! :eek: