i got all the bolts out of my pass cyl head, which was easy(alil too easy, not very tight) now i cant get the head off! i stock a ratchet handle in the intake port and pulled, nothing, tapped the end of the head witha hammer, nothing, WTF??
help!!
later
Dan

How many bolts did ya pull out?? http://www.nastyz28.com/ubb/smile.gif

....if the answer is not 17 then keep looking.

remember theres a line of bolts on the outside of the head, below the exhaust manifold.

Then under the valve cover, there's a bolt between each set of rockers.

And the ones people over look. At the ends, down in a low spot, thats filled with oil most of the times is a bolt

With all bolts out, you may have to stick a screw driver between the block and head, then tap screw driver with a hammer

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i should have stated, building engines is a pasttime of mine, so yeah i know there are 17 bolts per head on a SBC. usually i can just undo all the bolts and then slide the end two bolts back in the head and kind of give a twist and they will come out. these ones required standing on the engine stand and sliding a jack handle down the intake port, then once i had the entire weight of the engine off of the stand they would come loose. what a pain!
later
Dan

Sounds like they mighta been sealed with good old Permatex "Indianhead Shellac Gasket Cement"!!!

I used it on my .060" overbore, 409 "W" motor's shim headgaskets once!!

pdq67

Take a block of wood and hold it against the end of the head. Take a B.F.H. and knock the piss out of it a couple or 3 times. The head dowels could be rusted. If this doesn't work, try dynamite!