Rope trick, shmrope trick! Nothing like a little head wrastling :wink:. Just had to use a little pry bar under the water outlet area and the part that extends on the back (no I didn't pry in the actual head-to-block area!) It took a good 15 minutes of rocking back and forth, but it's off.
The funny thing was that I was looking at shop manual, and it made no mention of taking off the exhaust manifold. I kept looking at it and saying to myself "THIS HAS TO COME OFF!!!!"
I opened the other shop manual, and the instructions start "assuming the engine is OUT OF THE CAR, To remove head...."
Interestingly, it's pretty easy to remove the carbs and exhaust manifold. Good design. We'll see how hard it is to put back on.
But a few of the head bolts seemed tighter than others. Wonder if I warped the head, or if the bolts were just not retorqued after installation 15 years ago. The head looks quite nice.
The funny thing was that I was looking at shop manual, and it made no mention of taking off the exhaust manifold. I kept looking at it and saying to myself "THIS HAS TO COME OFF!!!!"
I opened the other shop manual, and the instructions start "assuming the engine is OUT OF THE CAR, To remove head...."
Interestingly, it's pretty easy to remove the carbs and exhaust manifold. Good design. We'll see how hard it is to put back on.
But a few of the head bolts seemed tighter than others. Wonder if I warped the head, or if the bolts were just not retorqued after installation 15 years ago. The head looks quite nice.