Sleeve Puller for an A or B

The disk needs to be large enough to have full contact on the sleeve, but small enough that it doesn't damage the bore of the block. I will turn it on a lathe, so I can make any diameter needed.

Are you going to reuse the sleeves? If not drive them out with a block of wood and hammer, they came out easy on my Super A.

If you can get the piston out from one of the those sleeves, you can drive out a sleeve with a piece of 2X2 oak and take accurate measurements. The overall diameter of the puck could be 3.200". I have one of those pucks, but it is buried somewhere in my tool box. It was made from aluminum about an inch thick. Hal

I'm thinking that the bore of the block has to be somewhere close to 3.25, so if I make the puller disk about 3.180 to 3.200 it ought to be about right. I plan to put a shoulder on it to fit inside the sleeve and center the whole thing up.

I just want to make sure I don't damage the block where the o-ring seats. Idealy, if somebody had an original sleeve and could mic the O.D., that would tell me exactly what I need to know.

There is an outside chance that the previous owner had the block bored to accept the later, C-123 sleeves, but I doubt it very much, and I really can't tell for sure until I tear everything apart.

I have sketch, if you would want a copy I'll mail it to you. You can either pull the
3.0" sleeve or the 3.125" with one puck. If this
was an original A they would accept the 3.125"
sleeves without any machining. That's the size I used in mine when I redid the engine. I just used the old connecting rods off the old pistons
and had the machine shop to install them on the new pistons. Hal

scotty

scotty