I note your address as gm.com. Is that how GM assembled the 5.7l's?
Now it all makes sense :-)
If the piston won't go in easy with the rings compressed, could it
be something else like the bore being oval from wear?
Bruce K
57 3200
Mt. Iron, MN
At Tuesday, 11 March 2003, you wrote:
>You need to use the one tool that all of us British sportscar owners
are
>very familiar with - just the thing to use when all else fails -
BFH (Big
>F*@#ing Hammer)!!
>
>Kevin '51 3100 '49 3600
>
> "Justin Earl"
>
> <porkchopzz4@earthl To: <oletrucks@autox.
>team.net>
> ink.net> cc:
>
> Sent by: Subject: [oletrucks]
>Pistons won't go in SB
> owner-oletrucks@aut
>
> ox.team.net
>
> 03/11/2003 09:58 AM
>
> Please respond to
>
> "Justin Earl"
>
>Hi all:
>
>I've run into a weird problem with my 350 engine build. I got the
block
>back
>from the machine shop and the cylinders were just cleaned up, not
bored.
>They
>are standard and mic to 4.02. I got some standard rings and am
reusing the
>old pistons. The piston grooves have been thoroughly cleaned and then
>soaked
>in a solvent and are completely clean (no carbon). When I tried to
>installed
>the #1 piston (all pistons were marked when removed) with the rings, it
>will
>not go in. The ring gap is about .025. I finally forced it thinking
that
>there might be a slight ridge still on the bore and once past that
it would
>be
>fine..... this thing is super tight all the way down the bore.
Therefore,
>the
>only thing I can figure is that the rings are wrong... too thick or the
>wrong
>ones or something. Has anyone else run into this and can you give
me any
>advice?
>
>Thank you very much!
>
>Justin Earl
>'51 3800 dually
>'78 El Camino
>'79 Corvette (ZZ4)
>'69 VW Squareback
>'00 VW New Beetle (wife's toy)
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