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keith71:
38ac the puller is not welded to anything. It looks like a mess because it has had it beat up half the day today.  It looked nothing like it does now when I built it.  I knew people were going to have trouble seeing how it ws put together. It looked nothing like this when I started.. The globs as you say are holding the 4'' sq stock to the fork that is welded to the gib key.. You use what you have on hand.. Those globs will hold way way more than you may or may not know.   I tried hitting the flywheel back against the bushing with the puller pressure on it. But only used a 10lb sledge.. I know I will man up and hit it good with an 8-10 beater.  Thanks for the info, that may just bust this thing free.

I also only have about a 1/16'' from the back of flywheel to bearing housing. Hopefully it will just be enough.

keith71:

--- Quote from: 32 coupe on January 06, 2023, 11:14:41 PM ---Look a Central Maine Diesel puller.
I made my own.
Patience.

--- End quote ---
   Thanks 32 patience is everything.. The first puller I used was like that one from CMD. It was an Indian piece. Stripped threads, retap to larger size stripped again.. I threw that out in the field somewhere.  If it is possible, I would like to do a 12/2 with aluminum pistons (not from India) and the stover type flywheels.. Maybe someday.

38ac:
Keith, Globs wasn't meant to be derogatory but descriptive, LOL

keith71:
 I get what you were saying 38ac..  I should have just never posted the pic of that tool after 2 days of on and off beating on it.. It was a poor representation of what I was trying to show.. I kept adding different pieces of metal to the tool as I was going along instead of making something new each time. You guy's must have said what the hell is that thing lol.

But anyway I guess my biggest problem was I was using your advice 2 days before you posted it. About wacking the flywheel in while the puller was on it..  I was just not hitting it hard enough. Not nearly.. After I read your post I went out there and hit it like I meant it and how you said to do it, and whatta ya know it moved...

Guess I was worried to much about the India cast iron flywheel quality and thought I might break the dam thing..
Those flywheels are stronger than they get credit for..

So thank you 38ac.

ajaffa1:
Well done Keith71, brute force and ignorance sometimes works, I should know, they don`t come anymore brutish or ignorant than me!
Did you get both flywheels off?
Will you be posting pics of the engine restoration?

Bob

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