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Subject:Re: It's alive, but it gives bad head! (Fixing head leak on '87 2.1L)
From:Mike Collum
Date:Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:23:45 -0400
Matt,

The cylinders have "ears" near the heads.  Using a drift, tap on the
ears in order to spin the cylinder just a bit thereby breaking its hold.
  Then use an open end wrench on the ears as a fulcrum to push the head
away from the cylinder.

Mike

Matt Roberds wrote:
 > Are there any hot tips to getting the cylinders unstuck from the head?