Bill;
Just a bit of info for you re bottom rings. Way back in 1950 I purchased a
new Hillman Minx. A good little car at that time. The factory left off the
bottom Oil control ring and specified if the oil consumption after 1-2000
miles was too much , then the dealer lowered the oil pan, loosened one
connecting rod at a time , pulled the piston down far enough to insert the
fourth ring. I never needed it as the oil consumption never did get more than
1 imperial qt in 2500 miles.
Sandy Sanders
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Traill
To: mg-mmm@autox.team.net
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 7:18 PM
Subject: J2 piston question
MMM listers,
My J2 has four-ring split skirt pistons +020. The engine probably has about
800 miles since rebuild fourty years ago...car reduced to "basket case" in
1968 by prior owner.
The bottom oil control ring becomes exposed at the rod clearance notches.
This seems like a bad thing and someone told me that if the ring catches it
may rip off the bottom of the piston.
Should I buy three-ring solid skirt pistons. Or, leave off the bottom oil
control
ring and rely on the top oil control ring only?
I have just made a set of insert shell con rods for the 1.500" journal
billet
crank I bought in 1973, and do not want to risk piston failure destroying
much time and $.
Bill Traill
J2 3343
Clover Machine & Mfg.
Santa Clara, California
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