26-09-2018, 08:03 PM
Thanks all. I haven't tried using the jemmy as a lever and clouting the other end so perhaps that first. I didnt want to use a pry on the gasket faces but there is a good lever point between the inlet manifold part and the head.
I also hadn't thought of taking all the other studs out more because I wasn't sure how to do it. (And that if they work, don't disturb 'em!)
Ah well, some ways forward to try... and I suppose it wouldn't be cricket to put an angle grinder through a Ruby manifold, would it, just for a quick fix? I had been thinking that I would drill out the manifold hole there anyway to give it a bit more slack when reassembling, assuming I leave that larger stud in place if it survives!
I also hadn't thought of taking all the other studs out more because I wasn't sure how to do it. (And that if they work, don't disturb 'em!)
Ah well, some ways forward to try... and I suppose it wouldn't be cricket to put an angle grinder through a Ruby manifold, would it, just for a quick fix? I had been thinking that I would drill out the manifold hole there anyway to give it a bit more slack when reassembling, assuming I leave that larger stud in place if it survives!