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Russ/40 · 10-05-2019, 11:28 AM

Depending on how long your head has been on the engine, it might be easiest to pull all the studs.
Test a stud, and see what difficulty you have pulling it. I recently put a 6.1 head on my truck. It took me 15 minutes to get the head off by pulling all the studs out first. MAC tools makes a great stud puller. All but one came out without any thread damage.

10-05-2019, 11:28 AM	#14
Russ/40 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Santee, California Posts: 3,505	Re: cracked cyl head Depending on how long your head has been on the engine, it might be easiest to pull all the studs. Test a stud, and see what difficulty you have pulling it. I recently put a 6.1 head on my truck. It took me 15 minutes to get the head off by pulling all the studs out first. MAC tools makes a great stud puller. All but one came out without any thread damage.