Darcy Hunter wrote:
>I'm several years away financially and otherwise from pulling the engine.
>I'm looking down at that block, however, and am tempted to crawl under,
>drop the pan and push out the pistons to put on new rings. I understand
>this is not the prefered approach but I want to hear from those that have
>tried this. I would plan on putting standard size rings back in and
>probably honing with a fine hone to create slight cross hatch.
I'm not real knowledgeable in this area, but I think that if you want a
cast-iron
walled cylinder to survive several years, you need to bore it and use
over-sized
pistons. If it is a thick steel-sleeved cylinder (which it is not), then
honing with
a dingle-berry and new rings should do just fine.
Shane Ingate in Maryland
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