Had the same problem with mine last week ended up spraying plenty of plus gas around mating faces and spent ten minutes with a rubber mallet to shift em.
Does anybody know what time your planning the meet for as I wouldn't mind coming but it depends on the start time due to me working nights on the Friday.
Just thought i'd say hello, I've owned my facelift 2.2 for just on a year now and found the forum a few weeks ago and have found the maintenence articles very helpful.