[SEL] Petter AV2-M Restore, progress report No. 3

[curt at rustyiron.com]

Frank,
Enjoying hearing your progress on this project. Looked at your website
too. Be sure and photo document the project onto your website. We enjoy
the photo progressions.
I've done some experimenting with impossibly stuck parts by placing them
in my wood stove in the evening as I load it for the night. I'll place the
part in the ample bed of hot coals, and then load the nights wood on top
of that. The fire burns all night and I'll let the fire go out all
together. The next evening retrieve the cooled part from the ashes. Loose
parts....works every time!

Now it would take a healthy wood stove to put your Petter cylinder in, but
maybe you could build something using a 55 gallon drum, or maybe a fire
pit in the ground. It's going to need to get really hot, and then cool
very slowly to prevent any damage. I bet this method will work for you.

Curt Holland
Gastonia, NC

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> Im still down to the lower end, VERY STUCK pistons, can't turn the engine
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> over to get @ the rod bolts properly.
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> I've squirted every kinda penetrating substance, called in A Witch Doctor,
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> A Voodoo Priestess, several locals & 911, & still VERY STUCK!!!!!
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> Next step is to try releasing the cylinders from the base, see if I get
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> enought movement to get @ the rod bolts. Thats thats the "NO Progress
> Report"
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> Small real progress, bead blasted the Intake & Exuast manifolds, both
> inside
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> on outside {they cleaned up well } & a cast iron base door from the spare
> engine.
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> This base door has an oil fill that will allow adding oil, with out
> pulling a valve cover
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> like we used to have to do to add oil.
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> On the stuck piston, I've thought of a tall pipe in the air &
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> a wire connected to the engine & pipe, and see if lightning helps.
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> I also thought of putting the heads back on & using a charge of
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> black powder, maybe.
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> And the saga / drama goes on ;-}
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