I can tell that some of you have not done this with studs and don't really understand how this complicates things based on your recommendations. If you leave the studs in, then you have to lift the head so far it will hit the steering column and then the power brake booster before it will clear the studs. Tilting the engine would most likely allow removal of the stud and then the head could be removed. If not then the steering column would need to be removed. I appreciate the suggestions and I know my options now. My current plan is to repair the head without removing it, if that is successful then problem solved.
Just removing the nut off the stud would require either tilting the engine and/or removing the steering column.
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Tim Corcoran
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