Re: 89 tilt leak
The center ram is the most difficult to remove usually. I assume the engine to piston pin is rusted. The only way to get that off is with heat, and a lot of beating with a BFH on a drift pin. Mine was so rusted it took me three days, a busted thumb, 2 or three broken drift pins, several drill bits, working by myself getting the pin out. If you don't have a lot of rust here you will not have a huge problem. <br /> On my mount the pin that holds the bottom of the ram was removable from the side mount without removing the whole unit. (This would allow removal of the ram without removing the whole thing) <br /> Does your unit have this, or is the bottom pin inaccessable while attached? If the pin is inaccesable then you have no choice but to remove the whole unit.<br /><br /> Here's a little tip, if you are going to have to remove the whole unit, ensure you can remove all the mounting bolts first. The very last one on mine was corroded so badly I had to cut the unit off and replace the entire thing. After cutting the off the TT unit I still had to get specially hardened drill bits to get the remnants of the stainless steel bolt out of the bracket before installing the replacment TT.<br /><br /> All in all I had to remove and install the TT 3 times... Long story...to long to post.<br /><br /> As I posted before, if you can afford to pay someone to do this....Pay em!
