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Re: engine rebuild

To: mglist <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: engine rebuild
From: David Lynes <cdlynes@bellsouth.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 16:48:22 -0400
Plasti-gauge, right, but one thought... I had the same problem, and it seems 
that
in the bearing kit I got, the thrust bearing was the wrong size. When I torqued
it down, it wouldn't move either. Just a suggestion...

David Lynes, Woodstock, GA
73 Midget
78 MGB


> DWADE REINSCH wrote:
> >
> > Good morning.
> >
> > I blew out a piston a couple of months ago in my 77 MGB and started this
> > morning to put it back together.  Here's the problem.  The pistons were
> > .040 and the rod bearings were .010.  This was stamped on the old parts.
> > I've got a new set of pistons and rod bearings and so the first thing I did
> > was slip one piston down into the engine, with no rings on it, and put on
> > the rod cap.  When I tightened it up, it I couldn't turn the engine any
> > more.  It was tight!  Any suggestions as to what to try next?
> >
> > TIA.
> >
> > dwade


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