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Re: Heads Off, Now what?

To: Chris Delling <saschris@flash.net>
Subject: Re: Heads Off, Now what?
From: Art Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 09:27:42 -0500 (EST)
        Just a coat of oil or WD40. You might want to tape a piece on
cardboard over the 2 pistons taht are down to get dust out.
...Art

On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Chris Delling wrote:

> Thanks to all who responded to my post on removing my cylinder head.  I
> ended up pulling out the studs, as they are going to be replaced anyway,
> and my battery is flat from non-use over the past month, so spinning the
> motor would be difficult, and I didn't comprehend the rope trick.
> 
> Anyhoo, now I will be trundling the head off the machine shop to be
> re-built.  After they strip, sandblast, and hot tank, and crack checked, I
> will order the required pieces parts that the machine shop requires.  In
> the interim, my engine is open to the air, and in a unheated garage in
> Michigan in December, corrosion is a concern.  Anyone have any ideas about
> somthing that can be sprayed or painted onto the bare metal to prevent this?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Chris Delling
> 
> 
> 


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