dogman
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Back in July I wrote about our Ch. Six using more oil than it should. Through discussions here we decided to just to change out #3 cylinder for falling Compression. Changed number three. It is still burning a quart every 5 to 6 hrs.
The Compression was GOOD an all others. Then the sound of clattering as I would lean did appear. So I gave up ordered the remaining 5 New cylinder assemblies and 5 new piston pins. Yesterday My Mech took it apart. I went up today to see what he found. 1,5,4,2 bores were worn out from top to bottom. #6 broken ring, 1,4,6 had terrible wear on the piston pin caps. A new cap measures 1.125" some of the caps removed measured 1.080 tapered to 1.112. Can you say Clatter?? I am SOOOOOOOOOOO glad I decided to replace the rest.
The good news is that the cam and the bottom looks great so far. F.REMAN 1066hrs.
The other thing is that my gut feeling was correct, DO NOT MESS WITH THIS DO THE TOP. This was getting bad as the more these piston caps got wore the faster they would wear. I am guessing that I was getting close to a complete engine failure. Make me feel a little ill.
Dogman
The Compression was GOOD an all others. Then the sound of clattering as I would lean did appear. So I gave up ordered the remaining 5 New cylinder assemblies and 5 new piston pins. Yesterday My Mech took it apart. I went up today to see what he found. 1,5,4,2 bores were worn out from top to bottom. #6 broken ring, 1,4,6 had terrible wear on the piston pin caps. A new cap measures 1.125" some of the caps removed measured 1.080 tapered to 1.112. Can you say Clatter?? I am SOOOOOOOOOOO glad I decided to replace the rest.
The good news is that the cam and the bottom looks great so far. F.REMAN 1066hrs.
The other thing is that my gut feeling was correct, DO NOT MESS WITH THIS DO THE TOP. This was getting bad as the more these piston caps got wore the faster they would wear. I am guessing that I was getting close to a complete engine failure. Make me feel a little ill.
Dogman