cylinder head on a 325

[keith52]

I'm in the process of stripping a 325 engine (nothing wrong with it but i'm keeping the head as a spare ) but i can't remove the inlet manifold , removed all the visible nuts and one sneaky bolt but it won't split , there's a steel pipe which runs vertically into the block but i can't find a way of splitting it , Any ideas Cheers Keith

[Martinaston]

Push the pipe down.
It's what the sping around it is for.

[chu346]

:yeahthat:

[Simon]

Give the inlet a bash with a rubber mallet or something, probably never been split from new.
Any news on the blind Keith, maybe I could pop over one evening?

[Adammcf]

Just wait till you try and put the inlet manifold back on as that pipe is a bastard. I had to push it down as hard as I could to wedge it in the whole before I could slide the inlet on.

[keith52]

Cheers , i thought the spring on the pipe was a type of shock absorber , give it a try again , Simon still got the blind with your name on it if you still want it the speakers are Kenwood oval in shape Cheers Keith

[Brianmoooore]

I tie the spring tightly down with a couple of pieces of string before I assemble a six pot, and then just cut them when the head and manifold are on.
Before you knock seven bells out of things with a rubber mallet, double check you haven't missed a bolt or nut. You wouldn't be the first.

[keith52]

Brian and i don't supose i'll be the last , thought i had them all but one was hiding from me now stripped out Cheers Keith