Restoration of a Chevrolet WA

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Philippe

Slowly remove all the loose stuff first...... distributor, carb, manifolds(carefull with the bolts..... valve cover.... the whole valve trainrocker assembly has to come out to be able easily reach the 2 head bolts located underneath the rocker shaft..... May want to drain oil pan and remove....... BUT....... have a large catch pan for the drippings oil pan.

I have had good results from using a soft pin square 3x3 square section and hammering on the piston.....after oil has soaked....... who knows what you will find inside the piston....mice nest, nuts from squirrels..... make sure you clean it all out.

Before hammering with a solid 2 pounder look underneath and out which piston is in a parlty rotated spot....halfway down or up ......and start on those first no point hammering on a piston at TDC up or down.

Later down the road if you decide to pull the engine out you may want to remove the tranny engine as one unit....... then remove the tranny..... you will not be able to remove the clutch pack or flywheel with out pulling out the whole crank assembly from the block after loosingoff the rods andleaving the pistons in place....... and you will need to remove the front timing wheel cover and the plate behind it....... DO NOT FORGET THE TWO BOTTOM CREWS that goes through the front bearing cap and ties up to the front cover......

Without being able to rotate the crank taking out the clutch, flywheel and bell housing is "impossible"....... so pulling up the crank and flywheel/clutch as a whole assembly is a HD back straining exercise. I can provide pistures if necessary.....

Lots of those parts can be rebuilt or use as trading chips ......... a good oil pan with all the oil trough/channels inside is worth its weight in gold.....

Good luck

Bob C