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Originally Posted by wodahs

whilst on liners
a little trick i was taught in removing them if you dont have a puller to do so is to run stick welds up the bore thus shrinking the liner when its cooled and helps to remove
the bloke that showed me this had me doing a rebuild on his 8t isusu truck as a back yard rebuild after i told him he'd need the puller to do the job as thus was the way i was originally taught

and with polishing crank journals we used (when i was doing my trade at the railways) a leather strap like used in/for cut throat razors either by hand with the crank held still and dragging the strap back and forth or rotating the crank whilst holding the strap

Yep, I think I saw this once too. Those pullers are bl**dy expensive to buy. Cummins sized ones are something like $1800 now, I borrowed one myself.

Apparently with the 2 stroke Detroit liners you can use a bolt the same length as the actual liner diameter, shove it in the liners air intake ports and hand crank the engine in situ to draw them out complete with piston and rod.
They don't recommend re using 2 stroke liners anyway.

Thought this was cool. Bus Grease Monkey.