[Ducati] Engine sized

[Art Ramos]

Nice tips!
I was think more along the lines of a very small amout of C-4 with about two
foot of fuse. Wrap the assembly in a kevlar blanket and throw it in a
freshly dug hole in the ground. If it won't budge, slowly increase the
amount of C-4 until the piston is forced out. : )


On 1/31/07, Philippe Coulon <pcoulon at oxya.com> wrote:
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> 4 more suggestions before going barbaric, none certified to solve your
> problem:
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> Load the engine in your trunk, and leave it there while you drive, the
> vibrations of the car could help, store it in any other vibrating place
> (air conditionning compressor, generator.....) beware the penetrating
> oil might be a security concern.
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> If you have acces to some industrial tools.
> use an electric or pneumatic hammer  (foundry tool to compact sand) and
> repeatedly hit the piston.
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> Heat/Cold could do the trick. Rather than heating it's the temperature
> difference :  if you warm the cylinder more than the piston it should be
> freer to move.
> try to cool the piston using liquid nitrogen (not that expensive, can be
> moved in thermos bottles) beware at such temperature steel or aluminium
> is brittle.
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> Last if the valves are open, and you want to try the grease pressure
> trick, remove the camshaft.
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> Philippe
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