<VV> PISTONS

[Mark Durham]

Tim, I have done that too. In fact, back in the 60's and 70's, when
everything was pretty new, I put 220K on the cylinders and pistons. I
just honed the barrels and installed new cast rings at about 120K, and
did the heads. But I also changed the oil every 3-4K miles and kept
the air filters clean.

But today, now that my 62 is 50 years old, and in most cases we do not
know the history of how the cars were driven or if they even changed
the oil in them, heat is a enemy too the parts too, the metal ages
over time, and I am much less confident that there won't be problems.
So, I bit the bullet and bought new pistons that will most likely
still be working great in the car when I am gone.

Mark Durham



On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:49 PM,  <N2VZD at aol.com> wrote:
> a while back , i built a few motors (maybe in the 80's?) using pistons WITH
>  the cylinders they came with after cleaning them in carb cleaner , rinsing
> them  , looking them over closely. never had a problem come back to me. i
> probably did  3 or more like that. i doubt i would feel up to doing it now .
> most chances i have taken on my own stuff HAS bitten me lately.
> kinda goes against my old saying: if you haven't got the time to do it
> right the first time , why bother?
> must be i was right after all.  long story for one finger  typing.
> regards, Tim Colson
>
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