Date:         Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:37:54 -0700
Reply-To:     Tom Carchrae <tom@CARCHRAE.NET>
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From:         Tom Carchrae <tom@CARCHRAE.NET>
Subject:      Re: off with her heads
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On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Tom Carchrae <tom@carchrae.net> wrote:

> Enjoying the job so far.  We'll see, I may be cursing a bit more when I am
> re-assembling.
>

I guess it is sort of reassuring that I posted my first head offing email
just 10 days ago.  I guess I was asking for it with the 'enjoying the job'
comment.  3 cylinders off, no problem...

It seems now like it has been 10 years as I have been making very little
progress.  I go out, pry, tap, bang, shout, and scrape the skin off my
fingers, but no, that cylinder sleeve is well jammed into that head.  If
this was a beheading, it is the very messy amateur sort; nothing short of
gruesome.

The cylinder in question has the piston quite close to the head, which
gives me a lot more wiggle room. After fighting with it and having the nuts
all still on (at the end of their threads) I removed the nuts and pulled it
out further.  Still no luck.

I am yet to try heat.  I guess this will be the next attack.  I guess that
pouring boiling water on it won't help?  Or just go straight for propane
heat (I can see burns now, as well as cuts on my hands).  That and more
walloping, although so far this seems to be purely for my mental well
being.

One though I had was that I may have pried too much on the inside, so maybe
it is not coming off evenly making it more stuck.  Another thought is that
piston being out so far in that sleeve makes the whallops less effective.

Anyway, mostly, I just came to moan and bemuse.  Awoooooo.

Tom