Richard;
        Are you still having trouble? I recall adding a lot of heat and
pounding with a rubber mallet to separate them.

Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe

On Mon, 25 Oct 1999 05:08:15 PDT Richard Bias <rbias@HOTMAIL.COM> writes:
>Good morning all,
>  My Vanagons 1.9L "Wasserboxxer" engine is spread all over (in a very
>organized manner) my garage floor.  I have read all the E-mail and
>have
>talked to my local Parts Store guy and I am still a little confused as
>to
>how to proceed with this task.  I took the passenger side head off
>trying to
>leave the cylinder walls in place.  No luck.  The cylinder walls were
>coming
>off with the head no matter what I wanted.  2 questions here...
>1.  How do I separate the cylinder walls from the head now that the
>head is
>sitting on my work bench? and...
>2.  Is there a way to get the cylinder walls back in the block without
>pulling the engine or taking the pistons out?
>  Thanks to everyone who has been in my shoes and will reply to me.
>Any
>added information will be greatly appreciated also.
>Richard F. Bias
>'98 Bug
>'85 Vanagon GL
>
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