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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 08:56 PM
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I've seen on here that you can remove the pistons just by removing the heads and accessing through an allen headed bolt. Is this right?
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 10:40 PM
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yes
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Old Nov 11, 2008 | 12:47 AM
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After removing a circlip and gudgeon pin from each piston.
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Old Nov 11, 2008 | 08:08 AM
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There's no way you can access the bore, so it must be either below the bore like the wolsely engines or above, which is it then?
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Old Nov 11, 2008 | 09:13 AM
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Its below
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i think this is what you are after.
YouTube - pulling pistons out of Subaru block

quite interesting to be honest.
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Old Nov 11, 2008 | 06:56 PM
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Many thanks, thats a very useful demo. Spot on. So it is like the old Wolseley engines then, nothing new under the sun!!
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