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Date:         Fri, 10 Jul 1998 17:44:56 -0400
Reply-To:     William Dummitt <williamd@COMPUSERVE.COM>
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From:         William Dummitt <williamd@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Subject:      why no ridge in waterboxer cylinders?
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Any time I've taken apart an automobile engine, there is the ever-present

ridge at the top of the cylinder at the limit of piston travel. The exception is the one and only waterboxer engine I've rebuilt- it had no ridge at all despite 120k mi. After cleaning and honing there wasn't even a trace of a ridge, even though I had a ridge reaming tool ready to go. Is this the norm?

Bill


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