Uh..... HELP! Options

[mark95turbo]

OK. So I finally got all of the gaskets and everything I need to put my car together and I clean everything up really well and go to put it back together. I put the ARP head studs in the block lubing them with the oil provided as the directions say, then I go to slide the head on and it sticks about 1\4 of the way down. OK. I'll just take it off and put it on before I put the studs in. No big deal. Wrong! It wont budge! I cant get it off or on. I got inside the engine bey and Yanked as hard as I could. I used a piece of wood and pried on it. Still no budge. WTF? Any suggestions? Everything has gone smooth untill now. HA! Do you think that maybe the head studs are for a 7-bolt instead of a 6-bolt?

[awd4kicks]

This happened to me before when I use the studs while installing the head with the engine in the car. I had the head stuck about 3/4 of the way down the studs and at one point even had an engine lift chained to it. I had to release the lift because the creaking and bending of the lift disturbed me out of fear of a cylinder head turned into a projectile.

I found the a quick jerk up or down on the corners to straighten the cyl. head on the studs was needed. Then a straight up quick pull will remove your problem cylinder head.

It seems that the seemingly minor bind on the studs is more than any steady pressure can undo.

good luck...it's a bitch with the engine in the car.