Liquidator 229 Rebuild

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Liquidator 229 Rebuild

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Cleaned up the sled and started the tear down and rebuild of the engine.
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Re: Liquidator 229 Rebuild

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Engine disassembly. Head was stuck onto the jugs, crank case did not want to separate. Unique tool designed.
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Re: Liquidator 229 Rebuild

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Crankcase separating tool. Crank looks good but does have some rust, so I will have it rebuilt. Exhaust looks rough.
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Re: Liquidator 229 Rebuild

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AAEN repoped the exhaust.

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Re: Liquidator 229 Rebuild

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Crank is shipped off to Jerome's.
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Re: Liquidator 229 Rebuild

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Engine reassembled.
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Re: Liquidator 229 Rebuild

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Excellent progress! Keep those pictures coming. It helps show the great story behind the beloved Liquidator
1983 Liquifire 2-1983 Sprintfire's original owner
1983 Trailfire LX 1983 Sportfire and 1976 Liquidator #170
1982 Sprintfire 1982 Liquifire/Intruder "white hood" 1975 340/s #179
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Re: Liquidator 229 Rebuild

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:popcorn:
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Re: Liquidator 229 Rebuild

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I got the exhaust apart, mouse condo in the muffler can. Pipes are solid, but the can is rough. Do they make replacement for the muffler or do I have to manufacture one?
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Re: Liquidator 229 Rebuild

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I found a FB page that AAEN makes the pipes and the muffle as Don mentioned in an earlier post. When I check their site, I only see the pipes listed for sale, no muffler.

https://www.facebook.com/pg/Aaen-Perfor ... 1320624328
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Re: Liquidator 229 Rebuild

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They can make the can. I would just call them.
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Re: Liquidator 229 Rebuild

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Has anyone recently dealt with AAEN Performance Pipes? i have been trying to contact them with very little luck. Phone goes to voice mail with no reply from them. I called about 15 times and it always goes to voice mail. I sent a couple of emails which they did respond to after a week or so, but no response to my follow up email? I'm a little leary of sending a company that much $$, that I cannot communicate with if something is not correct. Just wondering if that is their normal operating procedure?
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Re: Liquidator 229 Rebuild

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I sent you a PM.
1983 Liquifire 2-1983 Sprintfire's original owner
1983 Trailfire LX 1983 Sportfire and 1976 Liquidator #170
1982 Sprintfire 1982 Liquifire/Intruder "white hood" 1975 340/s #179
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Re: Liquidator 229 Rebuild

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Finally got through to them and ordered my part. She said they only answer the phone on Mondays and Tuesdays.
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Re: Liquidator 229 Rebuild

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Got the can back from AAEN. Now on to fixing the pipes.
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