You gotta be kidding me! Who was the rocket scientist that designed the A71? Yeah the car is 28 years old, and doesn't need service that often. They put a steel plug in the aluminum water jacket under the water pump and expect you to remove it to pull the piston pin to seperate the cases. True the 2 at the rear of the block are no-brainers, but the piston pins do not just come out ..."using a hook tool". Right ... not. I've been doing this stuff all my life and I have never seen a more imposible way to get to a broken piston.
Does anybody have any tips for pulling pistons from my '79 Brat?
The engine is out the cases are split, but you won't go any further without pulling piston pins. I could freeze'm with the 'ol ladies keyboard spray ... any thoughts? .... Oh yeah, I'm the new guy here, I just bought a $300 Brat with a bad motor. I worked for Subaru in the 70's (when it was with Lincoln Mercury), fell in love with and owned many 360's, a 1600 Wagon and this is my 2nd Brat. Don't get me wrong, I loved all my Soobies, and this one is no exception. But to service the engine by pulling the pins in the block is just wrong.