Re: Best way to detach a head gasket from a block and head?

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Most of the time they will pop off with a good whack with a hard rubber mallet, but the corrosion around the bolts will make that more difficult. Maybe try a soft wood dowel about and inch in diameter and work your way around the perimeter, using the dowel on the cover at an angle to drive away from the block. Yeah, not as rugged as cast iron.

You probably already know this .Once you get it off, chuck both halves in a lathe and resurface them . Mumbles has done this for me in the past. If you don’t have easy access to a lathe you can lap them with a sheet of emery paper on a flat surface.