[SEL] Removing pistons on Fordson

[Richard Strobel]

  G'day all;
 Here's a process for removing a piston that worked for me.  Hydraulic 
method using a small hydraulic pump and braided steel line.

   I made the gasket out of annealed 10 ga. wire by inserting a piston 
halfway into the cylinder and taking two wraps around the piston.  I then 
soldered the wraps together.  Steel plate is ~ 9/16".  I was lucky one 
piston wasn't stuck.  As you'll see in the pictures, the wire flattened out 
nicely.

   I filled the cylinder to the top with old used oil, installed the gasket 
and plate, torqued it down, bled the air out and began to pump fresh oil 
into the cylinder.  Didn't take too much pressure to break the piston loose 
and by refilling the reservoir was able to completely remove the piston(s)

  Pixs at:

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/553004984dhpqxM?start=72

  This really worked slick!!

  RickinMt.