>CALLING ALL ENGINEERS - Metalurgy quesiton.
>
>This message has no Tiger content, the the questions and answers may be of
>assistance somewhere down the road......
> Each cylinder
>was completely filled with water. Obviously the engine is frozen.
>Question: does anyone know of a combination of chemicals or an available
>commercial product that will free this puppy up?? >Comments? Suggestions??
>Regards,
>
>Allan
>B9472373
Aluminium oxide is disolved from bauxite using hot concentrated caustic soda
with very high PH. (nasty stuff). This will also eat the aluminium up. Don't
know how much you'll need, and it should not effect the cast iron. (No
guarantee's!)
I would firstly fill the pot's with a combination of kerosene and
penitrating oil (CRC) for at least a week, then find a BIG hammer and solid
piece of pipe just a little smaller in size as the bore. The fact is the
pistons may not be salvagable, and you'll have to bore the cylinders out anyway.
If all fails find another block. - Good Luck
Wally Menke
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