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Date:         Fri, 18 Oct 2013 20:17:24 -0700
Reply-To:     Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
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From:         Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Subject:      Re: off with her heads
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I've done it both ways. It all depends on which cylinder it is.  Front ones? Hose clamp. Rear? Pull the piston pin.


Think of it as a challenge. It CAN be done. And there is a sense of satisfaction when you get the cylinder pushed back into place.


Jim




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On Oct 18, 2013, at 7:35 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:


> Mark D just used the hose clamp itself, which is the best idea I have
> heard. Wish I had heard of it when I had to deal with this. I have never
> been able to get a clamp to compress metal around a piston that was not
> that slick, blue spring steel that they make compressors out of.
> 
> Jim
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