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Among the several Maytag parts I recently acquired was a Model 92  cylinder 
with a stuck piston.  The previous owner told me that his father  had tried to 
remove the piston with no success.  On Monday, the first thing  that I did was 
to fill the combustion chamber with automatic transmission fluid  (ATF).  
Then, I installed a 1/2" to 1/8" pipe bushing (with a grease  zerk) in the spark 
plug hole.  Next, I used a grease gun to apply  some internal pressure.  
Following this, I applied a little heat with a  propane torch and let the unit sit 
until this morning.  I applied more  grease and heat.  Then, the piston 
started to move.  Once the piston  got to exhaust port opening,  ATF started to leak 
out.  I made a  cover plate for the port and able to continue until the 
intake port was  starting to uncover.  I, then, removed the pipe bushing, forced 
the  piston back into the cylinder.  Then I started the repressurizing and  
heating sequence again.  This time when the piston got to intake port  opening, I 
stopped using the grease gun and installed the J-hook the tool I  made to pull 
out the piston.  
The piston is, now, soaking in carburetor cleaner to unstick  the rings.  The 
cylinder will, of course, need to be honed.
 
Francis Maciel
Santa Maria, CA