LR> I have tried the BFH/punch method and I do not own a welding torch.
 
 LR> The local machine shop wants $5 per piston to do the job and I'd
 LR> rather not  pay $$$ for pistons that are going to the scrap yard
 LR> anyway. 
 ME> Why are you seperating the things? Are you going to use the
 ME> rods  afterwards, or are you just collecting aluminum???
 ME> 
 ME> Mike..;)
 ME> Mike_Eyre@Juno.com
I'm just separating them for scrap value, they came out of a seized 307 
engine. The pistons are scored and the rods are to short to use in a 350 I'm
trying to build.  The scrap yard I go to will pay more for metal that is 
separated (ferrous/non-ferrous) than for a pile of mixed metal dumped on the
ground.
If I had a band saw I'd just cut the pistons in half where the wrist pins are
and call it a day.
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