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Subject:Re: Well so far it's beat me. >:-(
From:David Beierl
Date:Mon, 9 Aug 2010 19:42:51 -0400

At 07:25 PM 8/9/2010 Monday, John Rodgers wrote:
>not that top overhaul stuff by the same name - for a couple of days.
>While waiting for the soak, every few hours - per the GM Bulley
>Principle - tap- don't hammer -  that sucker with a ball peen hammer 200
>times, then cycle again - oil, wait, 200 taps, at the end of the two
>days, try and move the bolt. If that doesn't work - cut the head off the

Gee, I wonder what G. Matthew is doing these days.  This is a
variation of the tension-and-tap method I suggested -- just want to
point out that you want a small hammer for this, not a
bruiser.  Small is in context of what you're working on -- I'd think
an 8-12 oz hammer would be just about right for this.

Yrs,
D