[jcornaglia]

1. Is your parking brake on? If it is, take it off (just make sure that your car has chocks behind the wheels so it won’t roll. The parking brake could be holding on the drum.
2. Did you use a brake spoon on the back of the drum to turn the little wheel/adjuster inside to pull the shoes inward?

Those are the only things I can think of that would hold a drum on that tight.

[jcornaglia]

A majority of the engine is still in place – However, I have removed the front side of the engines springs, push rods, rocker arms, keepers etc BUT the cylinder head is still in place. I realized that If I remove this head, I would then also remove the bracket that I need to connect a strap to. This bracket is needed to winch the engine(rotate the engine) forward to get to the rear valve cover, and head etc..

Does that help?

With the heads off, would I still be able to set the timing correctly? I still have them on.

Thanks

[jcornaglia]

A majority of the engine is still in place – However, I have removed the front side of the engines springs, push rods, rocker arms, keepers etc BUT the cylinder head is still in place. I realized that If I remove this head, I would then also remove the bracket that I need to connect a strap to. This bracket is needed to winch the engine(rotate the engine) forward to get to the rear valve cover, and head etc..

Does that help?

With the heads off, would I still be able to set the timing correctly? I still have them on.

Thanks

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