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Re: separating head from block

To: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: separating head from block
From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 23:13:51 -0500
Douglas Shook wrote:
> 
> Maybe I missed this, but did anybody recommend drilling out spark plugs,
> attaching air fittings, connect them up to your compressor and let it go
> (125+ psi is just about the CR of most older engines).  You might even
> be able to free up the pistons.
> 
> I bet somebody suggested this, previously, and I missed it.  My
> apologies to you if I did.

  Related to this, doing this is a good idea AS you
do other things.

  125psi in the cylinders helps as you are tapping
with hammers and trying to squeeze wedges in.

  Just wear goggles since you might get a high
energy blast of rust and head gasket bits when
it eventually lets go.

-- 
Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/

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