Bill,

Thanks for the note.

I wish that were the case.  But, everything is disconnected and removed.

I still can't believe that I'm the only one who has seen this problem.
In a general web search, I've found info about aluminum heads sticking
to studs, but nothing Vanagon specific.  In most cases, the
recommendation is to try to unscrew the stud.  However, then I come to
notes about removing a stud from an aluminum crank case and lots of
warnings about this is best avoided and if it has to be done, it is
probably Helicoil time.

Thanks,
Mike

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Stuck Head
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:30:07 -0400
From: Bill Collins <wb6otg@INTREX.NET>
Reply-To: Bill Collins <wb6otg@INTREX.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

When this happened to me, I still had a pipe connected to the head.