Not a very productive night tonight. The glow plugs are normally easy to take off once the intake is off, but the wires were spinning with the nuts and I didn't want to cause any damage. In any case, I had a hard time grabbing onto them so that the nut could be broken loose. All I accomplished tonight was to get the engine to TDC and get the glow plugs out.

I started to try and take off the rear water connection to the head, but it does not seem to want to move and I think I will have to unbolt it in a few places as it goes around the oil filter. All I got done there was to remove the retaining clip.

I did this once before on my other car, but it's been too long to remember. Anyone done this recently that has some good shortcuts?

I still need to get that off, the head temp sensor, the fuel filter and the front housing that holds the two temp sensors that connects to the radiator. Then I need to make a decision as to whether or not to remove the cam before taking off the head.