Date:         Wed, 9 Apr 2003 13:15:38 -0500
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: ready to re-install cylinders/heads, but...problems..
Comments: To: androbus@YAHOO.COM
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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
>
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