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I put a bar into the intake port, but I can't break head loose. is there something else I can do ? 71 240z thanks, timsz

If you scroll to the bottom of this page you will see a thread by Galaxybj who used nylon rope stuffed into #1 & #6 spark plug holes to help lift the head off when the crank was turned.

Every time that I have had trouble removing a cylinder head from an engine it turned out that I had missed a head bolt somewhere.

(Sometimes that is easy to do if the engine was dirty.)

When the 14 head bolts and 2 front cover bolts are removed, a rubber mallet gives enough persuasion in my experience.

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