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Re: total seal rings for MGB

To: keithw@sand.net
Subject: Re: total seal rings for MGB
From: Transmancat@aol.com
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 10:15:58 EST
Hi Keith
We use a lot of Total seals in our shop. They do bring more performance but I 
doubt that you would notice it on a road car at normal engine speeds. Being 
an engineer I would think that you would have little problems fitting them. 
But you need to follow the instructions fairly closely. The rebore should be 
done with Total seals in mind and each ring should be checked in the bore for 
size, do this to every ring in every bore, trust me on this one I KNOW what 
happens if you don't. You also need to check that the ring grooves in the 
piston are deep enough, in fact check everything you can!  They are not the 
easiest of rings to fit, being thin they can distort when you try to compress 
them, they can also be a pain to get into the bore.
Another word of warning is do not lube the rings when you put them into the 
bore, use a light oil, on an oil soaked cloth to go up and down the bore a 
few times in preparation. If you oil them, like I would expect to do in the 
normal manner, the rings will not bed into the bore.
All that aside, they are great and I like them, but they do take time to fit 
in the correct way.

Regards,
John J, Black 
http://www.waterloo-dtr.com
Agents for  Vicarage  Jaguar

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