On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:26:36 -0400, "Steve W." wrote:
Gunner Asch wrote:
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:32:14 -0400, "Tom Gardner" wrote:
"Gunner Asch" wrote...

Its kinda on the back burner at the moment..Ill get back to it before
long. Everytime I go by it..I smack the top of the piston with a
hammer and a chunk of wook a couple times, pour in some fresh Kroil
and cover it back up again.

Here's a strange idea. Make a 1/2" thick plate with a 1/2" nipple in it. Bolt
it on the offending cylinder with some type of gasket. Hook up a hydraulic pump
to the nipple.

Actually...not a bad idea

Id have to pull some of the busted head bolts and replace em first
though.....

Well, that would be the place to start - if you can't save the
block, worrying about the piston is secondary.

And used quite a bit. Using a standard grease gun for a pump and a plate
with a zerk on it.

Could even use grease as the working medium if you have a big bucket
- cartridges would be a waste. That, or a porta-power hand pump, or
an air-over-hydraulic pump...

Just make sure it's well bled when you apply 3000 PSI, or once that
piston starts moving it might not stop - you start with a one-piece
crankshaft, and end with a two-piece crank and a new round crater in
the driveway... ;-)

-- Bruce --