30-09-2018, 03:51 PM
OK. This one is off too, but it was a real pig and there was sealant around some of the studs holding it back.
I presume I can put some copper grease on studs when new head goes on?
My kit follows. Thanks to those suggestors.
The pry arrangement a la Ruairidh was good for final stages. I've adapted one plug you can see, but having both done would have been good.
The thread gets a bit mashed from moving the steel crossbar up and down, so it wants drilling so there is a bit of slack.
There is also no 'key' to stop the captive bolts moving round, other than the friction from the nut on top of the sparkplug base. Not sure whether to put a little split pin through, or whether that would just shear.
Had to pull in various places abuot 5 times in all before I could get another flat bar through and heave upwards. Not made easy by the brass plugs getting in the way of pulling from all the studs equally.
Anyway, its done.
Odd head gasket. Just a single thickness of what seemed like cardboard but a bit tougher. Grey. Any thoughts on that? All assembled by a mid 80's engineer who had many restorations behind him but was plainly using what was in the garage, as you can see from the valve cover knurled wheel alternatives....
I presume I can put some copper grease on studs when new head goes on?
My kit follows. Thanks to those suggestors.
The pry arrangement a la Ruairidh was good for final stages. I've adapted one plug you can see, but having both done would have been good.
The thread gets a bit mashed from moving the steel crossbar up and down, so it wants drilling so there is a bit of slack.
There is also no 'key' to stop the captive bolts moving round, other than the friction from the nut on top of the sparkplug base. Not sure whether to put a little split pin through, or whether that would just shear.
Had to pull in various places abuot 5 times in all before I could get another flat bar through and heave upwards. Not made easy by the brass plugs getting in the way of pulling from all the studs equally.
Anyway, its done.
Odd head gasket. Just a single thickness of what seemed like cardboard but a bit tougher. Grey. Any thoughts on that? All assembled by a mid 80's engineer who had many restorations behind him but was plainly using what was in the garage, as you can see from the valve cover knurled wheel alternatives....