Connecting Rod Splitter

I had to use a small soft faced (some kind of very hard but non-marring plastic) hammer. I rotated the rod to where it had the most access free from the bottom of the block, and alternately gave it a whack on one side of the cap angled towards the threads then another whack on the other side. It took a while for some of them as the motor was a grunge-fest inside but it did work and didn't bugger up anything.