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Old 11-16-2008   #58
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Re: Head Games: pushing coolant and then...

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Originally Posted by Mark Leasure View Post
So is it possible to pull an IX head in the same way, leaving the cam gears engaged? It looks like you used a homemade cam tension tool. What is the thread size and pitch and how long does it need to be? I plan on pulling my head next week and it would save some time if I did not need to remove the timing belt. Good job on getting it back on the road.
In all honesty you *should* be able to do it on an IX but the main snag I think would be the intake cam. You *might* have to pull that out of the head before you can pull the head off the block, I'm just not sure about the clearance with the mivec cam gear. See my note about dropping bolts though, that's the only possible snag in this scenario.

I did not make the tool, I got the AMS one. Kracka, hellomynameis, and I went in together on it.

http://www.amsperformance.com/store/...roducts_id=794
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