29-09-2018, 01:43 PM
well, a combination of all of your replies has GOT IT OFF!!!!!! Thanks.
I did the freeze thing, the lever thing, the bejesus thing, and the thing which started to advance it more at the end was putting the large hammer gently but firmly onto the end of the manifold.. the wood block wasn't giving the necessary shock.
I can see that its confidence really that is required. Mine keeps skulking away into a warmer corner when something new crops up.
WHY the manifold was tightened down onto a large stud I'll never know. The stud is fine, so I'll drilled the manifold hole out a tad and willl file the stud so there is plenty of clearance.
Another stud next to it - convention skinny one - was loose to the point of being out by the time the manifold came off. Can I tap direct into the block oversize, or does it need to be helicoil? Or can I glue it in?
Now back to making the head lifting apparatus and widening the ports on the manifold...
I did the freeze thing, the lever thing, the bejesus thing, and the thing which started to advance it more at the end was putting the large hammer gently but firmly onto the end of the manifold.. the wood block wasn't giving the necessary shock.
I can see that its confidence really that is required. Mine keeps skulking away into a warmer corner when something new crops up.
WHY the manifold was tightened down onto a large stud I'll never know. The stud is fine, so I'll drilled the manifold hole out a tad and willl file the stud so there is plenty of clearance.
Another stud next to it - convention skinny one - was loose to the point of being out by the time the manifold came off. Can I tap direct into the block oversize, or does it need to be helicoil? Or can I glue it in?
Now back to making the head lifting apparatus and widening the ports on the manifold...