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Re: Bodge, bodge, bodge

To: woodruff@engin.umich.edu (William Hartwell Woodruff)
Subject: Re: Bodge, bodge, bodge
From: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 94 12:32:47 PDT
> After we did this a FEW times the engine finally broke free with the most
> horrid metal to metal screeching you've ever heard.  I hate to say it, but 
>that 
> engine ran perfectly for years (never burned oil) for years until he sold it.
> 
> --
> William Woodruff      woodruff@caen.engin.umich.edu


So, maybe installing pistons "dry" to enhance ring seating is a good 
idea after all.
Not so sure about the bearings though.

Roland


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