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[corvette8n]

I'm trying to strip a '40 block down so I can fit it into my 55 gal. drum for derusting. My regimen so far:
1. Chase the fine threads on the studs.
2. Scribe a line on the stud and block.
3. Heat the stud as hot as I can get it with a propane torch.
4. Apply candle wax.
5. Double nut the stud.
6. Using a long box wrench I pound on the end of the wrench with a heavy rubber hammer, apply PB Blaster as needed.

20 minutes of this routine and the stud is out.

Block will not fit in my drum with the studs in. I work on it an hour or so a day, just think in less than two weeks I'll be done.