Head Removal (B16A)

The Victim - JDM Spec Gen I B16A	Remove all of the upper intake manifold bolts	Remove all of the lower intake manifold bolts	Remove the lower manifold support bracket bolts
NO PIC
Remove all associated vacuum lines and hoses - number or take a picture of their position	Intake completely removed, should look like this	Remove the header heatshield bolts	Thoroughly soak all of the exhaust manifold bolts long before trying to remove
Remove the lower manifold support bracket bolts	Remove all of the exhaust manifold bolts	Remove valve cover retaining nuts and remove spark plug wire cover	Remove the rest of the nuts
Remove the spark plug wire retaining clips (lift small tab upward) and pull gently up on plug wires with a slight rotation	Remove the timing cover bolts	Gently pry off valve cover and lift up - make sure not to lose the valve cover grommets	At this point it should look like this - remove the upper cover
Remove the timing belt tensioner plug	Loosen cam gear bolts	Remove remaining cover bolts and loosen the timing belt tensioner	Slide timing belt off of cam gears

Proceed to Part II