removal of 87 4kq head with EM and downpipe attatched

[Brendan]

If I remember correctly, Nate, Huw and I dropped the subframe and chopped 
out the battery box to be able to perform this little maneuver.

At 12:20 PM 5/30/01 +0000, Tom B wrote:
>Hello All,
>Has anyone tried to remove the head from a 87 4kq with the EM and downpipe 
>attached? Will it come out of the car?
>
>I am trying to replace the warped head on my 4kq, but I am being fought by 
>corrosion, and I do not have a torch to combat it. I have two rusted and 
>rounded nuts on the bottom of the EM that I have fought for hours, and all 
>that is left of the nut heads on the down pipe is big blobs of rust.
>
>I figure if I can pull the head with EM and downpipe attached, I can get 
>at the EM nuts and downpipe studs a lot easier to r&r them. Please tell me 
>I am correct, and that the head will come out :-)
>
>As always, TIA,
>Tom B
>
>
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