Can't get the head off

naildriver · Post by **naildriver** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 2:48 pm

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

naildriver · Post by **naildriver** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:44 pm

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.

Bensdexta · Post by **Bensdexta** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 7:04 pm

Have you followed the Dexta Workshop Manual?

PghBill · Post by **PghBill** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 7:33 pm

Are you sure you have all 15 nuts off ?

naildriver · Post by **naildriver** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:10 pm

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

naildriver · Post by **naildriver** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:12 pm

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.

Jerry Coles · Post by **Jerry Coles** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:51 pm

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

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