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Date:         Fri, 10 Jul 1998 11:44:58 -0700
Reply-To:     Ian Cameron <ianc@UVIC.CA>
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From:         Ian Cameron <ianc@UVIC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Thanks and New Problem (Heads and Cylinders)
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At 05:37 PM 7/9/98 EDT, KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote:
 I am
>going to be attempting the opposite, putting a cylinder over a piston and I
>figure they must make a tool to do this one but I have no idea what it would
>be called or how it would work.
>Any help with this one?


You really should replace the rings while you've got the engine apart, so
take the cylinders to a shop and have the ridges removed.  While you're at
it, have the cylinders miked to see if they need grinding, and if not have
them honed.  Then you can replace the pistons in the usual way.
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