I once worked for a guy who gave me some of the most profound advice concerning the repair of motor vehicles - if a man put it together, a man can take it apart.
Yes, you can. But like anything in life, the quality varies. Folks here are trying to be helpful, but the best help is the kind you look for. Yes coming here counts as help, but with the internet there are so many examples of engine disassembly out there, most here would assume (yup, dangerous) this would have been looked at already. No worries, it's easy to get up to speed.
Since you say this is your first foray into internal combustion surgery, I suggest you make copious notes. Diagrams, explanations you understand, pictures on the phone, what worked and what didn't - mainly as refresher for when it's been six weeks and you're getting back on it. Also, one of those little Haynes manuals is helpful to a point, with pictures of actual stuff disassembled and such. You need to do your own due diligence in order to get the best advice possible from the group. In better terms, if your questions suck, so will the answers. Being concise is king, the others probably agree.
Here's my back of the napkin for ya. Work from the top down. Drain coolant first, unhook things in assemblies where possible. Leave carb on intake, unhook hoses, wires and controls and remove intake. Valve covers, exhaust, loosen rockers, remove pushrods, remove heads. Oh $#!t, forgot the distributor, get that before intake... by this point you will have the passenger head off and probably see what's wrong with your engine.
You have this with a bit of prep. It's not rocket surgery.