About 90 cents worth of parts and an long bolt will get a tool made. Others can have the picture too .......... if you want. Stan On Wed, 9 Apr 2003 10:50:53 -0700 Paul Archibald <androbus@YAHOO.COM> writes: > Hey guys I'm feeling a bit stupid, been a while since > worked on an air-cooled flat-4 engine, and am a bit fuzzy. > I had removed theheads and teken to the machine shop to > have them re-welded back up and new seats in teh two > damaged places...had a three angle valve job to boot... > Now gettng ready to reinstall, I slipped off the cylinders > and honed them, than attempted to pull out the piston pins > to remove the pistons to put the new rings in....here's te > trouble...fought to get teh circlip out, but pin will not > budge! any suggestions? > Oh! and I was trying to do this with the engine in situ if > y'all recall...I'll be pulling the shortblock right now, > but any suggestions for teh pin removal and reinstall of > cylinders, just realized I do NOT hve the special ring > compresssor for aircraft/vw's anymore and know I wonlt e > able to borrow my dad's aircraft ones even if they were the > right size > > suggestions..help etc? > > thanks > Paul > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more > http://tax.yahoo.com > > |
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