Hello,
I have a never-run .15x that was fairly frozen with dried assembly oil. I crock-potted and oiled it up and it turns but is still not snapping over freely. There appears to be some dried oil between the case and crank, as well as wrist pin, that must be cleaned off.
So I removed the head and rear cover, scribed a mark on the case and liner. The liner was easily removed but try as I might, I could not remove the con-rod from the crank pin.
Is there a technique I'm missing? Not holding my mouth right?