Re: [alfa] Stuck Head on 3.0 L V6 -- HELP!!!

[f.rastinejad@xxxxxxx]

Dennis,
    The passenger head is stuck because you have not removed a nut that is holding things together on the end of the oil pump shaft.  Remove the cover over where the distributor would have been (164 engines have a cover with a nipple over this) and you shall see the nut.  I am thinking that your manuals do not cover the 164 engine!  -Farzan
-------------- Original message from Dio Genio : -------------- 
> My V-6 rebuild saga continues. Today the driver's side 
> head came up and off like a dream, just lifted it by 
> hand. The passenger side is another story... 
> 
> The head is loose on the studs, I can lift it about 1 
> or 2 mm, and then it abruptly gets hung up on 
> something, which is NOT stud corrosion. (I can lift 
> the rear end of the head up more than the front, seems 
> it is only hung up in front). This is some form of 
> mechanical interference. I believe it is the rocker 
> arm shaft, which for some bizzare-o reason Alfa 
> decided to place so close to the head studs that they 
> had to mill flat spots in it for stud clearance (V-6s 
> are not for the timid, 4-cyls are soooooo much 
> simpler...!). 
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