Yes, what Ken said works great! And do both heads! You do not want to go
through this again. Easier to do it now.

Regards, Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth Wilford" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 5:19 AM
Subject: Re: Cylinder head sticking to cylinder sleeve

> I have found the easiest way to do this.  Pull the heads out from the
block
> about 1/2 inch.  Take the end of a screw driver and place it against one
of
> the little nubs that stick out at the top of the cylinder.  Now you want
to
> hit this nub in such as way that you turn the cylinder just a little.  You
> only want to turn it a couple of degrees.  Once it turns (should only take
a
> couple of hits) you want to go to the nub on the opposite side of the
> cylinder and turn it back.  Now do the same with the other cylinder.  Now
> just put your screw driver between the head and one of these nubs and pry
> just a little.  The cylinder should come right off of the head and then
> repeat for the other cylinder.  This should not hurt the o-rings at the
> bottom of the cylinder since you are actually pulling the bottom of the
> cylinder away from the block about 1/2 inch.
>
> I did this the last head job I did and it worked like a charm.  No damage
> done and alot less hitting, and time consumed.  Hope this helps.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> http://www.vanagain.com
> Phone: (856)-327-4936
> Fax: (856)-327-2242
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Craig Oda - Personal email
> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 1:02 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Cylinder head sticking to cylinder sleeve
>
>
> I'm in the process of taking off my cylinder head and the sleeves are
> sticking to it.  I've tried whacking the cylinder head with a wooden
> stick in an attempt to loosen it up.  No go.  I've been getting help
> from Dave who is having a similar adventure with his "Wolfy."
>
> Dave used a large screwdriver on the lip of the cylinder sleeve to
> break the sleeve free from the head.  Is this a risky thing to try?
> Is there any danger with scratching or warping the cylinder sleeve?
> I notice there are two little studs at the top of the sleeves, near
> the center.  I would love to just take a screwdriver and pry the
> sleeve from the head using those as the leverage point.  I read that
> someone from Canada used a hockey stick to break the sleeve free.
> Unfortunately, I don't have one of these right now.
>
> I'm new to mechanics, but am forced to try this myself as I want to go
> camping this summer and the wife is balking at the cost of taking
> it to a mechanic.
>
> I'm really intimidated at having to put the sucker back together, but
> first I have to make sure that the cylinder sleeves don't come out.
>
> BTW, do I have to do both heads?  I notice that the passenger side
> exhaust ports are discolored, especially on cylinder that is toward
> the front.  I suspect that this is the only side that is leaking and
> causing my billowing white smoke problem.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> -- Craig
>
> --
> Craig Oda   craigoda@communitybuilders.info
> VW Info: 1983 VW Westfalia, water-cooled, automatic