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Date:         Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:39:02 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Stuck cylinders
In-Reply-To:  <CAAj276zmP13zhuEzapJG5bjGgodpqNb4krY8_NFq-4WcYkFyjQ@mail.gmail.com>
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I just can't imagine what would be wrong that some judicious beatings with a rubber mallet could not cure. Could you heat the block with a torch in the area of the sleeve skirt?

Jim

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 5:48 PM, ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@gmail.com>wrote:

> My favorite penetration oil is KROIL!! Its freed up a bunch of stuck/rusty > rotating assemblies! > > Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy > > On Nov 11, 2011 2:57 PM, "Kenneth Lewis" <kdlewis@northstate.net> wrote: > > 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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