Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer

While the header was hot before the compression check, started loosening
the O2 sensors.
As always, front one was easy and no problem so just placed it back to
keep good seal before start washing the engine.




Now the rear one.
Managed to rotate it a little but then the friction increased so
either it was cross-threaded in the past or the mating thread got corroded
which was the common issue with OEM manifold although this one was the
DC sports header.

Will look into this sensor once the engine is out of the bay.




Both parking brake cables at R & L side were stuck in the L shaped bracket.
Time for the acetone-ATF mixture.
Hope I can separate them this time.




So, the engine is out of the bay.




Removed the rubber cover (only on MT model) from the side engine mount and
it looked to be fine.