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On Mon, 2004-09-06 at 21:08, Ben Doughney wrote: > What is the best way to go about getting the cylinders off a engine > that is seized from rust? > I bought a pile of engines like that too. I had no luck getting frozen pistons apart. I ended up useing a hammer and sacrificing that cylinder, and just breaking it with a hammer. It is usually just one piston that is completely stuck. > > What I want to do is get a 1500 engine going to put in my '65 > Squareback so I can take my time rebuilding the original engine. > If you have one spare piston and cylinder, use it to replace the one you broke. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~