Yep I've done it at least 5 times over the years, the first time when I
was in high school and didn't know that rings came in different sizes. I
guess by dumb luck I just went with the standard ones that JC Whitney used
to sell. You do need to have a ridge reamer and a ring compresser on hand
but these can be borrowed from Pep VBpoy, Auto Zone etc. I would also
recommend that you let a machine shop put the rings on to make sure you
don't snap one although it certainly is doable without snapping them. One
other time saver when removing the head is to leave the carbs attached and
remove the header from the exhaust.
...Art
On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Bud Krueger wrote:
> Art,
>
> I'm curious -- have you done it yourself? Now that I've BTDT I would
>guess
> that I could start the job on Friday night and plan to have the car running by
> late Sunday. That's with all of the parts and tools ready, and in place,
>when I
> start. Otherwise you need to add on the time that it takes to chase down a
> cylinder hone, a ridge reamer, a ring expander, a good torque wrench that you
> can read while on you back underneath the car, etc., etc. But, you're right
>...
> "it won't take an hour."
>
> Art Pfenninger wrote:
>
> > If all you are doing are replacing the same size rings then I would say
> > it's about a 4, maybe even a 3. The tough part (time consuming) is getting
> > the pan off. The head will also need to come off but at least you can get
> > at the bolts easily. It won't take a day to do, but then again it won't
> > take an hour.
> > ...Art
> >
> > On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Rick Roberts wrote:
> >
> > > Anyone have any experience on doing a ring job?
> > > How is it on a scale of 1-10 for the do-it-yourselfer novice+ mechanic?
> > > (realizing there are 1000000 other questions that could fit in here)
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Rick
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> Bud Krueger
> http://home.ici.net/~bkrueger/
> 52TD
> 77MGB
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