Head Removal: Tips 'n Tricks

[alexiskai]

Originally Posted by '29 Pickup

Is there a way of being able to mark the positions of each stud on a steel plate ready for drilling without having a head gasket available as a template to mark it up with accurately. The gasket I want isn't available here and I'm not ready to make my big order in the US....(small orders work out way too expensive for international shipping per item).

Use bluing to mark the tops of the studs and then put the plate on top.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer's_blue