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Kilohertz · 10-22-2021, 08:15 PM

When you get it apart and it's just the pistons stuck in the bore, mix up a bottle Acetone and ATF, 50-50 and put an inch or so on top of each piston and let it sit a week or so, topping up as required. If you can get it on an engine stand rotate it so the piston tops are level and do each bank separately.

cheers

10-22-2021, 08:15 PM	#10
Kilohertz Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: Slightly left of Vernon, BC Posts: 155	Re: 1949 Merc 8CM engine When you get it apart and it's just the pistons stuck in the bore, mix up a bottle Acetone and ATF, 50-50 and put an inch or so on top of each piston and let it sit a week or so, topping up as required. If you can get it on an engine stand rotate it so the piston tops are level and do each bank separately. cheers __________________ 1949 Ford F-47 with a '51 8BA Flatty, GM TBI fuel injection system, and a grey shop cat, Spot.