[Shotimes] RE: Q on installing pistons

[Ian Fisher]

Well...I had to coax it out of the compressor a little
bit but that didn't seem to be too much of a
problem... It would slide and stop, slide and
stop..and then I just hit it a little harder with the
wooden handle and it was pretty much in.

It just didn't plop in. I wasn't sure if it's supposed
to or not..


Ian

--- Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:

>
> 
> It's been 30 years since I rebuilt my last engine,
> but I recall the piston
> just seamlessly sliding into the bore from the
> compressor when it's lined up
> right.
> 
> Ron Porter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Fisher [mailto:dataflash@yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 12:49 PM
> To: TechSHO@topica.com; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Q on installing pistons
> 
> I installed a piston and rod today. How easily
> should
> the piston "fall" into the bore as it leaves the
> ring
> compressor? And if it makes some noises, that's ok,
> right? (I think it was the compressor buckling since
> it's just a thin aluminum band)
> 
> I must have taken the piston out of the compressor
> about 20 times to see if I had broken any rings or
> shifted them too much. I am just overly paranoid.
> 
> Rings and bore were oiled so that's not a problem. I
> had to use the wooden handle of a rubber mallet to
> heavily tap the piston down the bore. I assume
> that's
> ok?
> 
> Now that it's on the crank, I can rotate the crank
> and
> everything moves easily, nothing seems caught up on
> anything. I just don't know how it should "feel" to
> install a piston properly. I don't want to break a
> ring and not find out until the engine is running in
> the car.
> 
> Oh-the three piece oil ring on the bottom-Is it ok
> if
> the gaps are closer than 90 degrees apart for all 3
> pieces? They are more like 15 degrees apart but I
> can't seem to move them easily. The other two rings
> are spaced evenly with regard to their ring gaps so
> that shouldn't be a problem
> 
> thanks
> Ian
> 
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