I put some of those in the garbage at least once per week. Try to get some in the US... if not, i will have a look at what i have left in the shop... somewhere i guess, hidden. Broken compression ring is a classic, crack in the liner is not, only once i have seen that. How is the rest of the engine??? it look sick! Ben On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:21:29 -0700, Brendan Slevin <brendan@BELLATAZZA.COM> wrote: >Well not as disasterous, but more serious. I took the cylinders/pistons >out to extract the broken stud and found a broken ring on one side and a >huge crack in the sleeve near the bottom of the stroke that went nearly >all the way round. I am stuck now. I haven't the 400-500 bucks for a >piston/cyl kit. Any ideas? > > > > >Brendan |
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