hey guys, i am helping a friend remove his head from his h23 and we cant get the pasenger side nut that holds the intake and head together, i cant even see it!! any easy way to get ti off?

 

get the stuff out of the way and use a wrench.....

make sure you guys follow the head bolt loosening sequence....

edit: why are you even taking the intake off....just leave it on and pull it with the head....

 

Yeah, I would just pull the intake out with the head.
The first time i took out my head, I took the intake off first, and it was a BIOTCH.
Space is too damned tight, much easier to pull intake out with it.

 

well i thought it would be easier because i didnt want to disconnect all tose damn lines and connections! so it is easier to leave the intake mani on? is there a support on the mani to the chasis? (i know civics have em)

 

on the h22 i know there is a brace from the bottom of the intake manifold to the block, not too sure about the h23 though, but yeah its easier to leave intake manifold on with head

 

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wurd.

Unless you have some crazy pimp *** tool, you're gonna have to remove the camshafts
to gain access to the head bolts.

Make sure you unbolt them in sequence 1/3 turn at a time.

Don't forget about the bracket that bolts the im to the block
or the water pipe that has to be disconnected.

 

Just remove the intake w/ the head; trust me.

It's much easier to figure out how to hook up the vacuum hoses than to try to get that bastard intake manifold back on w/ the motor in the car!