Recent content by Timmy99

Hah... got it. Silly me, I was assuming that the small hole on the side of the sprocket you can see, matched the position of the hole on the side you can't. They are of course 180 degrees apart. Slightly concerning, the paint marks I put on the sprocket and the upper chain are now several...

Thought I'd let you guys know, finally got around to doing this today, and the head did come off - more or less. Still no joy with the exhaust, but I got the inlet manifold off and was then able to lift the head, exhaust still attached, just high enough to change the gasket. A bit of the old...

Thanks again... will let you know how I get on, won't be 'til next weekend as the car is at a friend's house. As I recall the exhaust manifold was behind a heat shield, and the two bolts holding that on were rusted in place, still I will see what I can do there.

Thanks for the quick responses! In particular for explaining how the shaft locating dowel works, and confirming that brute force is needed there - I didn't want to be pulling too hard on the thing, not actually knowing whether that was necessary or not. I do see what looks like a small hollow...

Hi All, Sorry to join the forum just to ask a question, but hopefully somebody can help with this one. I've been trying to remove the cylinder head from my K11 so as to replace a blown head gasket - this is something I did a few years ago on a Sunny so I had some hope of success, sadly I've...