Told you

Got the jugs and pistons off. I'll wait till I have good light in there to access the situation. I'll probably swing by Billy's or Ethan's (If ya'll don't mind) to get ya'lls opinion.

you know you are always welcome here Bo.

Everything looks ok. I'd like to install a 'full flow' oil filter. I'm not even sure if that's what it's called. I want the kind that Ethan had to buy a dog collar for. Know what I'm talking about??

Also, I started taking the rings off the old pistons. The piston that had the rusted rings actually will be very hard to remove the old rings. It seems like they're stuck in there. I read somewhere about boiling the piston for like 20 minutes to loosen the rings so I can get them out. Anyone ever tried this?

Looking forward to the workday this Sat

I'm not sure I can make it to this one. We have to perform Ukrainian dances at a festival at noon .

I have never torn down an aircooled engine but in the past I have used ring pliers which spread the ring to get them off if they break it shouldnt be a problem as long as you dont break a ring land I think thats what its called been a while since I have done an engine

These are on so tight that I can't get the tool in there. Know what I mean?

hmmm maybe soak them for a few days in varsol or diesel?

take a ring that you can get off break it in half and use it to get the others off....

Update:

No workday this Sat.

I did a little work on the bus tonight. I finished scraping the old tint (mirror tint) off the side rear windows. I bought a full length rear side window off of thesamba for the driver's side. My bus originally came with a short window with a vent wing. I don't plan on going back to camper, so the vent window is gone. Someone also caulked the hell out of the window frame in the sliding door. I spent an hour getting the old caulk out with a razor blade.

I got a new american made windshield in today. Looks like good quality. Some of you know what happened to me last Sat. I guess I'll share.

I went down to Kermits (with both my boys) and bought a windshield. Brought it home. Before I found a place for it, it shattered. It was made in China and was cheaply manufactured.

Luckily, there's Jack's Glass on Kuykendal. Keith found a baywindow windshield and had it at his place the very same day. As I said, it's american made and seems to be better quality. Needless to say, I was very careful putting it away. It does have the tint stripe across the top, but I'm not picky, I'll run it. Oh yeah, it was the same price as the Chinese one.