Can't get the head off

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naildriver
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Can't get the head off

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Doing exploratory surgery on my Super Dexta. I can't get the head off. Any tricks

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Had to quit. I was about to lose it. And things get broken for good when that happens. I used my skid steer to lift the tractor, all the weight of the front of the tractor was on the motor lift brackets that connect only to the head. With this weight, I was sure the wedge would take it off. That's alot of pressure. But it would not give. So, I kept lift it 5 ft and dropping it 4 feet, all the force going to lifting the head off..... and it did not budge.

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Have you followed the Dexta Workshop Manual?
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Re: Can't get the head off

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Are you sure you have all 15 nuts off ?

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Re: Can't get the head off

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Mercy, I can't believe it, but I forgot that the injector studs go straight through. Stupid. Anyway, I have a head gasket leak between the front and middle cylinder

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I assume this is my problem. It would run if pulled off only. It would not crank with a battery. But it ran very badly.

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Re: Can't get the head off

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The other common cause of the head not coming off is the oil feed at the right rear of the head.
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