On Sun, 18 Feb 2007, Joe Knight wrote: > Don't fret too much Peter. I pulled the head from mine with a chain > winch suspended from a bit less than 8' ceiling in a too small garage. > Came out all right with the turbo & exhaust manifold attached even > though I didn't have the winch very well positioned. Kinda resist the > temptation to put the head back on with those bits detached. I did
I used a 2x4 with a helper as a lift to pull the head off a 617. I believe that I pulled off the manifolds first to make things lighter. I got some all-thread of the proper type and cut a couple of alignment pins out of it (make sure they are a couple inches longer than the longest head bolt!) Oh yeah its a good opportunity to clean out your manifold! The WORST part was threading the T/C oil feed line back into the oil filter housing! -j.
