I would suspect theres a lot of taper in the cylinder bores. How much
sode play when the pistons are at the bottom of travel? How much of a
ridge is there at the top of the cylinders? If you can catch your
fingernail on the ridges there may be no use reringing it without boring
it out.
CR
TJ Tryon, Jr. wrote:
> OK, so head is off the B (73) for a valve job. In cleaning up the carbon
> and stuff, it appears that my pistons have about 1/16" play side to side.
> Rings? Compression test dry before pulling everything apart showed around
> 125# +- 4# on all pistons. I believe #4 was the lowest with a 121. Car
> seemed to run peachy before, so it wasn't too bad (yet).
>
> Since I believe it is the rings, I am going to start planning on that...
> Can they be done with the motor in place, or does the motor *HAVE* to come
> out?
>
> Have a fantastic week!
>
> TJ
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