Powerstroke_fan wrote: To remove the head studs you can tighten two nuts together or do like i do and use a pair of vise grips and use them to break them loose or you can buy a stud remover.
Actually I WAS using vise-grips on the one I tried to removed... Tight enough that I started shaving off metal from the stud. Wish I had a decent impact wrench. Maybe the double-nut trick and light tapping with a hammer will work.