Re: stuck piston thoughts

[Paul Hamaday <phamaday@xxxxxxxxx>]

Fire up the torch! But spread the heat around.




--- On Tue, 6/15/10, Gary H. <spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Gary H. <spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: stuck piston thoughts
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 9:51 AM
> 
> I soaked the old 318 motor pistons with Marvel Mystery Oil
> for a week, but was unable to get one of the pistons unstuck
> and pushed out of the block. No budge even pounding on it
> with a small sledge and steel bar. It is amazing how much
> power rust has! Anyway, I don't have a cutting torch but I
> was thinking of using a sawsall to cut s chunk off the
> connecting rod so I can remove the part of the rod connected
> to the crank and then hopefully turn the crank so I can get
> to removing the other pistons. 
> 
> The other thought was to use a propane torch to heat up the
> stuck piston to see if that would help un-stick it.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Thanks,
> Gary H.
> p.s., the block is going to scrap, but I was trying to save
> the crank. 
> 
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