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Re: [oletrucks] Pistons won't go in SB

To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Pistons won't go in SB
From: Bruce Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 15:08:47 -0600
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
>
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>                      "Justin Earl"                                   
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>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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