You need heat and penetrant to get things loosened up. Dissimilar metals corrosion is likely to be the problem. It's always tough to get stuck cyls out of the spigots. -----Original Message----- From: Kenneth Lewis Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 3:37 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Stuck cylinders Still have not been able to free two piston cylinders stuck in the block (2.1L). Any tricks to non-destructively extricate them? I have tried several impact based motivation to no avail. TIA, Ken PS have you $een this?!? http://tinyurl.com/bmggj93 $2,700 for P&Cs! |
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