[AT] Allis B progress - Monday

[Mogrits]

Dennis,

Will you be resleeving the engine or just changing pistons and rings? Or
not even doing that? My AC/B was just flat-out tired and worn out- pistons,
rings, valves and possibly main bearings. I guess to the good side, it was
not locked up!

Warren

On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 4:49 PM Dennis Johnson <moscowengnr at outlook.com>
wrote:

> Today I made a significant step forward - I got piston #2 to move, and
> then come out. I used some heat on the piston, and then after all of the
> old penetrating oil had boiled and burnt off, I put some more penetrating
> oil on the outside of the piston. Started beating on the piston both wood
> block and hammer, and the piston started to move. Turned block over, and
> the hammered on back of piston until it came out. Rings are still stuck on
> that piston, but may come out after some slow work on them.
> Now I need to get hone up here to hone the cylinder walls, and get my
> valve spring tool her so I can disassemble the head and see what that looks
> like.
> Overall things look good enough that I might be able to go back together
> with same rings and bearings, but need more cleaning before I will know for
> sure. Now I just need to do a lot of cleaning, and order a few parts like
> head gasket, and whatever else I decide to replace.
> Not sure if I want to pull and replace freeze plugs, so I can clean crud
> around the outside of the cylinder walls, or if there is another way short
> of dipping entire block in cleaning solution.
>
> Dennis
>
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