I use the method outlined in the Bentley; retrieving the C clip and wrist pin through the coolant outlet port in the side of the water jacket. A major PITA. I would rather take a beating than pulling the wrist pins. Just this weekend, while working on "Elvis" (again), I made a tool to facilitate this job. I found a wooden dowel that fits inside the wrist pin and added ax x-acto blade that scrapes off the build up in the piston that makes it impossible to pull out the pin. Worked pretty good. Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab, 60 356 T-5 http://Neksiwel.20m.com/
On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 11:20:37 -0600 s_j_wacker@JUNO.COM writes: > We started to change the heads on my 90 Carat this morning and > inadvertently pulled the cylinder sleeves out too far with the > head..... |
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