Re: Stuck engine

From: Jerome Kaidor (jerry(at)tr2.com)
Date: Mon Oct 30 1995 - 01:31:55 CST


W. Ray Gibbons wrote:
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>
> I have the newly acquired 66 Alpine tucked away in my son's barn; I don't
> plan to do much with it before next summer. It was parked without
> special preparation 16 years ago, and the engine is stuck....

*** A few years ago, I restored a motorcycle that I found next to my
neighbor's house. One piston was solidly stuck in its cylinder. I tried
WD-40, Marvel Mystery oil, ATF, and everything else I could think of.
Nothing helped, and I finally bashed the piston out with a hammer and a
piece of wood. It turned out that the rings had corroded themselves into
the cylinder.

    Luckily, the cylinders were individually replaceable. I replaced both
ring and cylinder ( ouch!$$$$$ ).

                                   - Jerry Kaidor ( jerry(at)tr2.com )



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