Date:         Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:47:06 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Engine out--won't come apart. Need heads!
Comments: To: Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
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would hurt to soak the bottoms of the cylinder with BP Blaster
ponetrating oil.
there are bumps on the sides of the barrles just for prying on to get
them moving - be sure not to damage the top edge of the block.
having the case partially apart will make it harder to wrestle that
barrel out of there.

also heat - heating the barrel might help, then let it cool.
scott
turbovans

I wouldn't get all excited about looking for AMC heads- the only one I
ever bought, new............burnt me,  I consider them very iffy.
I stil have this head...........it has about 8,000 miles on it.
it's slightly irregular in dimension about how it seals on the water
gasket at the block.
resurfacing the bottom ond in the combustion chambers where the metal
rings sit to bring it to spec would fix it very nicely.




Benny boy wrote:
> Hey hey hey... i have been there so many time. Respect my friend... work
> hard and learn the infamous way's of the wasser leaker.
>
> Pry that sleeve out of there, even VW made it easy for us,, just look carefully.
>
> I'm so bad....
>
> Ben
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> On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:25:29 -0500, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>> I got the engine out and used the expert advice received from previous
>> threads to break it down without much trouble until it came to remove the
>> cylinders. Only number one would budge. I'm pretty well equipped with tools,
>> but whatever it takes to pry cylinders out of a waterboxer, I don't got.
>> So, I tried to separate the case anyway. I've got it about four inches apart
>> at the seam, but don't have a way to apply non-destructive force beyond
>> that. So I gave up and will take it to a VW shop tomorrow to get the
>> cylinders out.
>>
>> Everything I've seen inside looks pretty good, to my amazement, except the
>> heads, which were used anyway. So much for used head.
>>
>> I just missed getting a set of very lightly used AMC heads by one day.
>> Anybody else out there with a pair? I'm not looking for anything that needs
>> to be welded or rebuilt, but for something in very good condition.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jim
>>
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