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Re: [T3] how do i remove/separate the valve heads?


On Sat, 2002-10-12 at 21:35, Rob Carpenter wrote:
> I have a scrap long block w/ salvageable parts, except
> the block w/ a golf ball size hole through it. this
> moter has been sitting (apparently outside) since
> '74,Im tearing it down to salvage as many parts as i
> can, Im having trouble removing the valve heads from
> the cylinder heads, I have remove the top 4 bolts and
> also the 4 under the valves themselves. Is there
> something else I should be removing? or is this thing
> just stuck? Im assuming the cylinder heads and valves
> are separate right?
> 
8 head nuts is all there is on each side. If this engine has been
sitting outside for a long time, They may just be corroded bad. You
might try putting a little heat on the joint between the head and the
cylinders.

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'66 FB MT (It drove)
'71 FB AT 
'65 Bug (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org



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