I went to the rusted engine in the bog/swamp again this morning. The pistons are seized from BOTH sides, the up and down. I was thinking it was just the visible topside that was rusted. I tried the sledgehammer with a piece of steel in the cylinder to smash it down and out, but the pistons don't budge a bit.So the crankshaft is stuck as it is rusted to the connecting rods that go to the pistons. I collected all the metal bits I took off and smashed off and threw them out. I am/was surprised by the amount of cast iron in the engine and how fast the cast iron rusts once exposed to the air.
I am going to have to move the engine as it is now.
Maybe I will try one more time, but I have to set the engine up in a better position to hit the pistons. It should come out, shouldn't it?
Monday, May 14, 2012
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