In a message dated 09/06/2008 10:07:49 P.M. Central Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

My  piston sleeves are stuck to my heads, really stuck.
Has anyone seen  this before?
and what do I do?

Shawn,  very common occurrence on high mileage, leaking head, waterboxer
engines.   Those cylinders and heads may be good for the scrap pile if the heads
have been  leaking long enough to cause this situation so maybe not worth the
time and trouble to get them apart.  If your sure the  cylinders and heads are
reusable then you can get them up on a work  bench and pry them apart using
two big screwdrivers, pry bars or other such  leverage between the heads and
the bosses on the sides of the barrels.  Use  a piece of wood on the surface of
the head to prevent damage to the head  surface.  Heat from a propane torch
may be useful as well as some sort of  penetrating oil.  The other alterative is
scrap the engine altogether and  go to Ben and get a Subie put in there !

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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