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Re: [Spridgets] Another barn find... MGA

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Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Another barn find... MGA
From: Richard Kleihorst <richard@kleihorst.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 04:49:43 -0700 (PDT)
Hi,
 
I once had frozen pistons on a landrover. I basically took off the sump and
disconnected the conrods. Turn the crank a bit and with a piece of wood  tap
the pistons from above downwards. This will loosen them up and after cleaning
up the bores a bit you can push them
up to get them out. Afterwards I just honed the bores and placed back the
cylinders with new rings. The bores turned out to be in good condition
afteralI. did this outside on a saturday afternoon and the car has been
running well before I sold it to the scouting.
Take care though to not have any grit, sand, rust get into the crankshaft area
or oil lines.  

Richard
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