Hi KRNetters! I'm one of the new guys. Just started rebuilding a Corvair engine for my bird, and was hoping the words of the wise would be available to enlighten the inexperienced... or rather, me.
I have nearly the entire engine broken down and cleaned, however, my dilemma lies with the cylinder head studs, having 4 out of the 6 per case half not wanting to come out. Interestingly, I have noticed that in all cases, they are studs which are not threaded through the case (like you could see the threading from the inside of the case). I have tried every method I know to extract these studs (with the hope of cleaning and painting them) from nut-jamming them, to penetrating oil. Short of melting the aluminum case into which they are imbedded, does anybody have any ideas? Much abliged to all ideas - and to the winning idea, I owe a beer! I will try very hard to locate the KR crowd at Oshkosh next week. Again, my thanks! Cedric Gould Pictures to come of my progress.
