[Vwdiesel] Guess what I bought?

[mark shepherd]

Rubber mallet with block of wood is self defeating. Try 2lb hammer and block 
of wood...

Happy new year...

Mark


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Kraus" <ub3ratl4sf00 at gmail.com>
To: <brian at gochnauer.net>
Cc: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Guess what I bought?


>
> Have you thought about using a rubber mallet and block of wood to hammer 
> the
> piston out?
>
> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 3:44 PM, brian gochnauer <brian at gochnauer.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> I'll take "an injector was steaming instead of spraying and overheated 
>> the
>> piston" for $10 (Jeopardy)
>> I've have an ALH sitting on the floor from an '01 that has a seized 
>> piston
>> (broke the connecting rod) but didn't damage the block.
>> I bought a salvage engine for it. Haven't taken it apart to find out why 
>> it
>> seized.
>>
>> The biggest issue may getting the torque converter off (if it is an
>> automatic trans) the flywheel now that it can't be rotated to remove the
>> bolts.
>>
>> briang
>> Iowa
>>
>> Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 17:43:09 -0700
>> From: Stephen Kraus <ub3ratl4sf00 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Guess what I bought?
>> To: vw fans <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
>> Message-ID:
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>>  Green 1998 Jetta mk3 tdi with frozen engine, siezed while cranking so I
>> suspect little to no damage. Got for 600, will let you know how it goes
>> - Sent by an Android
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