Re: How much should it cost?

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Boring will run $15 or so a hole. Cleaning (usually done in an oven, no
liquid involved) around $25. If you're going to store it a while wipe
the bores with grease (not oil), and other machined surfaces as well.
Doesn't need to be caked on, just rub it down good -- like greasing a
cake pan. 

You can press the pins out of the pistons with a hydraulic press as
easily as an arbor press. Make sure there is something soft for the pins
to land on. Pins can be installed the same way, but you want to be
careful not to squash or scar the pistons and that the pins are going in
straight. A little spray silicone or WD-40 on the pins helps. Pressing
pins off isn't usually a concern since the old pistons are rarely
reused. 

Frank Swygert


On February 14, 2006 Justin Shelton wrote:

> Guys:
> 
> This past week I finally had it up to here with
> clutter in my workshop, in particular I got sick of
> jumping over one of the extra 196 engines I had in the
> garage, mainly cause it has been on my engine stand
> which I now need for another reason, so I disassembled
> it (the engine, not the stand!) into about 200
> individual pieces.  They are now carefully sorted and
> stored on shelves in my garage.
> 
> Two questions:
> 
> 1. How do I get the pistons off of the rods?  I've
> never done this before, but the TSM says you use an
> arbor press to push a little pin out.  I'm always
> looking for an excuse to buy a new tool or piece of
> shop equipment, so does this mean I need to get an
> arbor press???
> 
> 2. The block, which I thought would be ruined or at
> least not worth saving, actually looks really solid.
> One piston was rusted in, but I let it soak overnight
> with penetrating oil and then whacked it a few times
> with a mallet and finally dislodged it, but otherwise
> the other pistons pretty much slipped right out.    So
> my question is this: I want to keep this block now,
> have it boiled out and re-bored, then rebuild it.  How
> much should it cost?
> 
> Thanks, guys!
> 
> - Justin