No amount of reading would allow that head to be removed leaving the
cylinders on the pistons. In fact, I spent an hour removing the cylinders
from the head on the bench!  Perhaps you need more info--the motor is out of
the bus- this should be a relatively easy question.
Is a hose-clamp ring compressor the way to go? Space seems a little tight
even with everything on the bench. It probably can be done, but would it be
easier to remove the shroud?

>That is a big "oh s**t!"  That will teach you to RTFM before you start a
>big repair like this!
BTW, I've read every manual. Just have a question that would be simple if
anyone has done this REALLY NOT SO BIG repair before.
Jay