[SEL] Removing stuck piston help please

[brock at netspeed.com.au]

G,day Peter
i have a white gasoline engine it was very badly stuck i got
a tip from Edd payne put brake fluid in cyl the set on fire
add a bit of rag every once an awile  to keep fire going ,
i,ll let it burn all day  after a month put a good size
block of wood in cyl then get into with the sledge hammer it
came out hope you the best 
Brock 


----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Lowe" <plowe at exemail.com.au>
To: "Oldengine.org" <stationary-engine at oldengine.org>,
"ATIS" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Subject: [SEL] Removing stuck piston help please
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 20:42:07 +1000

> Hi All
> 
> My new vertical R&V has a stuck piston, not too stuck as
> the bore is in good  condition. I have place plenty of
> lubricant on top of the piston and it  disappears down
> past the piston in an hour or so. I can't rock the
> flywheels back and forth against the conrod because the 
> crankshaft is broken, the broken crank is not a problem as
> I knew about  this.
> 
> Would I removed the bid end bearing cap, remove the crank
> side cover  removing the crankshaft. Then use a small
> hydraulic ram to push the conrod  and piston up the bore
> and out??? I am not wanting to place too much  pressure on
> the bottom of my crankcase.!!!
> 
> Any answers from our knowledgeable colleagues would be
> appreciated? Curt Andree thought that Paul Maples had a
> web site that showed how he over  came a similar problem,
> does anyone have a link please if this is so. I have
> contacted Paul also.
> 
> Regards
> Peter Lowe
> R&V Engine Registrar
> Australia
> Ph: 61-266453455
>
http://www.oldengine.org/members/plowe/rv-engines/rvpage.htm
>
http://www.oldengine.org/members/plowe/rv-engines/rv-register.htm
> 
> 
> 
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