<VV> Newfangled 'ring compressor' updated (again)

[Ron]

It was operator error.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Lee" <Chaz at ProperProper.com>
To: "Harry Yarnell" <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net>; "'J R Read'" 
<hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>; "'VirtualVairs AA'" <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Newfangled 'ring compressor' updated (again)


> Good points made by all, but the deal breaker is the thinness of the oil
> rings that get hung up on the edges with the ring compressor.
>
> It may be 'operator error' but I could have rebuild a dozen engines in the
> time I've taken to finesse these ~ and still have not succeeded !
>
> Edited to show reasoning ...
> www.yourbuyersinn.com/Cars/Corvair/CorvairTools.htm
>
> Charlie
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Harry Yarnell" <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net>
> To: "'J R Read'" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>; "'VirtualVairs AA'"
> <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 2:01 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Newfangled 'ring compressor' updated
>
>
>> I'm with JR on this.
>> I've never had a problem using a ring compressor to install pistons in a
>> barrel. Sounds like 'operator error'.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
>> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of J R Read
>> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 4:56 PM
>> To: VirtualVairs AA
>> Subject: <VV> Newfangled 'ring compressor' updated
>>
>> I don't know Chuck...
>>
>> Seems to me you'd have to be careful not to remove any of the sealing
>> surface at the bottom end of the barrel and that you could have inserted 
>> a
>> dozen or more piston and ring assemblies using a ring compressor in the
>> time
>>
>> it would take to prepare just one barrel end.
>>
>> Later, JR
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Charles Lee" <Chaz at ProperProper.com>
>> To: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>; "Dave Ziegler" <dziegler3 at comcast.net>
>> Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; "Frank DuVal" <corvairduval at cox.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 3:24 PM
>> Subject: <VV> Newfangled 'ring compressor' alternative revised / updated
>>
>>
>>> Some clarification added, since I still think this is the way to go ... 
>>> ?
>>>
>>> Re-Bevel the crankcase-side inside end of the barrel to gradually slip
>>> rings
>>> into the barrel when inserting pistons ?
>>> (Eliminates need for ring compressor altogether ?)
>>>
>>> www.yourbuyersinn.com/Cars/Corvair/CorvairTools.htm
>>>
>>> Charlie
>>>
>>
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