[TR] TR4 - broken piston liner

[Bill]

I have a spare 87mm piston and liner, you can have for shipping cost.


>
>My dumbest move yet - and that's saying a lot.
>
>Some may remember that when investigating my engine bang, I discovered a
>burr on the connecting rod bearing seat on the crankshaft, which had ground
>a groove in the bearing.  I did my best to remove the burr with emery cloth
>and fine sandpaper, and buttoned up the engine. Today I decided to fine tune
>my repair, and having detached the rod from the crank I asked my partner to
>bump the engine around so I could get at the bad spot on the crank. To my
>horror the rod got stuck on the wrong side of the crank, jammed into the
>piston liner, and broke off a crescent shaped piece of liner about 1 1/2
>inches long, where it protrudes from the bottom of the cylinder bore!
>
>So, my obvious question is, can I drive it this way? The piston does enter
>the broken area at the bottom of its stroke, but all the compression is way
>above, of course. I don't expect the liner is cracked upwards above the
>break, but who knows? I think its impossible top buy just one liner although
>I might come across a used set, I suppose.  What further damage might I
>incur by not replacing the liner?
>
>As always, thank you for your help.
>
>John Howard
>64 TR4
>T

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Bill Pugh
1957 TR3
"Casper"
TS16765L
Wallace, CA