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Subject:Help: Heads/cylinders
From:Blake Thornton
Date:Sat, 24 Feb 2001 12:25:23 -0700

Doing my head gaskets and I have several questions about getting the heads
off without taking the cylinders with them:

- Any suggestions on how to do it?

- Why are they stuck with the head?

- Why can't I just pound (gently) on the cylinders to free them from the
head?

- There is a small groove in the cylinders next to the heads.  I think I
could pry on this groove to get some force on the heads, but might screw
up the cylinders.  Is this safe?

- Once the cylinders are free from the head, will the slide nicely off and
into the engine block?

Thanks for any suggestions.
Blake
SLC Utah
84 westy

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