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: Methinks the C4 idea is starting to look
: better and better:
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: 1) Arrange for a safe place, clean up
: the surrounding area.
: 2) Start posting like mad, announcing
: when the live event will take place
: (building the Buzz).
: 3) Get some good quality video
: equipment to record things, including
: slow motion.
: 4) Make sure everything is safe (think
: Myth Busters). Webcast the event.
: 5) Post the results on YouTube, etc.
: 6) Use the money earned by millions of
: hits, to finance the purchase of the
: best rebuilt motor you can find.
:
: (it could work)
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: Sorry, Scott and Jim, the compressed
: air idea won't work. As soonas there
: is the tiniest crack in the seal, there
: will be a big hiss and the pressure
: will be lost.
:
: No, I haven't tried that idea, but I
: DID try the oil-in-the-bore one. Put
: the plug back in, hit the starter.
: WHAM! A small ooze of oil out from the
: side of the gasket, and
: surprise-surprise a bent conrod.
:
: The cord in the bore methods does work,
: but don't use the starter! Use a long
: bar on a socket on the crank pulley
: bolt.
:
: Going back to earlier posts, weld a nut
: onto the stud - the heat may help, so
: really get it hot'n'glowing. Then
: when it's cooled, wiggle the fabricated
: bolt, to and fro. Try it daily between
: application so your favourite releasing
: agent. Patience will win!
: John
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: You know, Scott - that's not a bad
: idea.
: If we gut an old set of spark plugs and
: then silicon in some schrader valves
: (say, for a motorcycle wheel, or any
: other design that positively won't blow
: out (and kill us) under 100+ psi), ...
: viola! The just blip in some air from
: the old compressor. You're right - the
: total pressure applied could easily
: exceed the weight of the block. Once
: the "lock" is broken, if
: necessary, we can resort to the
: "lower the engine" technique
: to tippy-tap it the rest of the way off
: the studs. Nice.
:
: Still doesn't beat lifting the whole
: friggin' car off the ground though!
: That takes the cake. However, I do
: want the video of the C4 removal
: technique in action.
:
: Good idea on the air pressure - I have
: to remember that one for the next time.
:
: Ciao - Jim
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: 100 psi will be 540 lbs of force per
: cylinder - much better than talking!
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