With a good manual and properly labeling/ keeping track of your parts,
rebuilding the engine yourself should be no problem. As far as the fine
tolerances, that is what the machine shop is for.
David Councill
67 BGT
71 BGT
At 03:49 PM 10/23/00 -0700, Clayton Kirkwood wrote:
>A question for those of you who can guide me. I have an engine that
>was rebuilt maybe a 1000 miles or so ago. It chose to lose the head of
>a piston recently while coming up the highway. Lubrication, speed, etc
>were all good/reasonable. The piston split at the lowest ring groove
>and badly scarred the inside of the cylinder and most likely shed lots
>of particles into the oilpan and then into other pistons, cylinders,
>and rotating parts. I rack this up to one of the great misfortunes of
>life.
>
>The question now is what to do. I have contacted the machine shop and
>the guy there said that all of the pistons should be out for when they
>either regrind, or sleeve. I have no problem with this, but I haven't
>rebuilt an engine since '71 and that was a lawnmower engine. Is this
>something that should be tackled only by a person versed and familiar,
>or can I manage this myself? The manual suggests that only competent
>mechanics should tackle this because of all of the fine tolerances.
>
>Thanks for any guidance--
>
>Clayton
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