[SEL] stuck piston

[jbcast at charter.net]

---- rdhaskell at juno.com wrote: 
> Hi Jim.
> I helped a friend get a piston out with a pressure washer.   Filled
> cylinder with water, took the quick coupler off the wand and screwed it
> into a pipe fitting in the head and hit it with a couple of quick blasts.
>  Piston started to move, more quick shots and it was out.
> 
> Ron Haskell
> rdhaskell at juno.com
> Riverside, California USA
> http://picasaweb.google.com/RonHaskell
> 
> On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 14:38:37 -0700 "Jim O'Hagan" <jdohagan at comcast.net>
> writes:
> > Hi,I could use some help removing a 7” piston from a cylinder that is 
> > semi
> > headless in that it has a 4 “ hole in the top of the cylinder 
> > covered by a
> > four bolt plate. The plate has a ½” pipe threaded hole centered in 
> > the
> > plate. Has any one had any luck using a pressure washer piped 
> > directly to
> > the cylinder to completely fill the cyl. and push the piston out. If 
> > it
> > works  ,it would be an easier clean-up than the Grease gun method. 
> > Thanks in
> > advance, Jimmy O’Hagan
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Jim O'Hagan
> >
If that piston is stuck solid you'll be looking for a cylinder, is it an easy one to replace?
J.B. Catagnos
Belle Rose, LA