[FC] Concern on head removal

Dale Dewald dkdewald at pasty.net
Mon Jul 18 23:09:34 EDT 2011


Hello Daniel,

I did this in 2008 on our '65 Greenbrier.  Left side head, lowered rear of 
engine, carb studs had to come out.  It depends where you are and what 
tools you have available.  If I was home I would simply remove the whole 
power train on my modified motorcycle jack and roll it out on concrete.  In 
this case I did the head swap in the front yard of some nice country folks 
in the northern lower peninsula of MI, next to their '56 Plymouth project 
car.  I only had a floor jack and a pair of jack stands, and the van was 
parked on sandy dirt. At least the weather was fine for working 
outdoors--the only bothersome thing being the mosquitoes.

Dale Dewald
Hancock, MI

At 11:46 7/18/2011 -0700, you wrote:

>Need to remove/replace left head on a Greenbrier but, don't remember if it 
>is possible and/or practical to remove it without removing powertrain just 
>by lowering engine. Have done easily on LM cars but, my memory is not 
>working well about this on FCs.
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Daniel Monasterio
>
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