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Re: engine rebuild

To: DWADE REINSCH <dreinsch@tenet.edu>
Subject: Re: engine rebuild
From: "DENNIS COX" <djc@appsig.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 13:39:37 -0700
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DWADE REINSCH wrote:
> 
> Good morning.
> 
> I blew out a piston a couple of months ago in my 77 MGB and started this
> morning to put it back together.  Here's the problem.  The pistons were
> .040 and the rod bearings were .010.  This was stamped on the old parts.
> I've got a new set of pistons and rod bearings and so the first thing I did
> was slip one piston down into the engine, with no rings on it, and put on
> the rod cap.  When I tightened it up, it I couldn't turn the engine any
> more.  It was tight!  Any suggestions as to what to try next?
> 
> TIA.
> 
> dwade

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