We soaked the last piston with PB Blaster overnight and attacked it
again yesterday afternoon. We hit it a lot, and hit it hard, and it
seemed pretty solid. I had hit is some from the top using a large
socket of about 2" outside diameter, and hit from below using a brass
punch a little over 1" diameter. We stood the engine up and hit it from
the top again, and I started hitting it as hard as I could. We seemed
to move the piston down about 1/4" so we turned it over and started
hitting from underneath. It seemed solid so we got up on a stool so we
could hit it harder and finally got it to move, then it came out pretty
quickly.
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> Work it in both directions; up then down. Work it.
> I spent a month getting some Mercedes pistons out, and the aluminum ring
> lands were powder from age. I finally used dry ice.
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