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Removed the P & C tonight and seperated one cam tower from the heads. I was hoping to make it through with no surprises but no such luck. The #2 piston has a broken skirt. I have to assume that it happened during disassembly. The broken piece basically came off in my hand as I was inspecting it. It does appear to be a fresh break but I can't for the life of me remember any time that the piston was in a bind or hit anything. Oh well, now I search for options.
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IT was good luck that it came off in your hand and not in the engine.. seems odd though.. and what kind of p/c's are on it? Can't mix and match.... Probably find a used set up if someone is breaking up a set that has only 4-5 good ones... I guess you should get a p&c together if possibleotherwise make sure it's the right pistons material......off the subject a bit were the lower head studs steel? Had to be a snag somewhere... everything else went so well..Good luck bud..
Guess this would be a good reason to have the machine shop run a magnaflux check on the rest of them..cheap insurance.. No chance you tapped it with the hammer when you were removing the wrist pin?
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updates?
Hey Kev.,
Any more pics or updates? Any idea on what was going on with the valve that was noisy?
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