<VV> Bizzare piston slap memories

[Hugo Miller]

Never take anything for granted! I once assembled a Bristol 2 litre  
six cylinder engine. After I fitted the pistons, I had a piston pin 
circlip (snap ring) left over. I was certain I couldn't have forgotten 
to put one in somewhere, but of course I had to take the whole damn lot 
out to verify. Since then, I always COUNT the snap rings before 
assembly!

On 2019-11-02 01:17, N2VZD TIM via VirtualVairs wrote:
> I had a crazy issue a few years ago with brand new pistons . They
> were supposed to be .060 (factory marked !) but were actually .030
> measured . This was after going nuts with the sounds. The compression
> was "OK" but the noise was almost like lifter noise or oil pressure
> problem , but gauge showed good pressure. I will never buy parts like
> that from anywhere but my trusted source. These were new parts in the
> boxes from a private vendor at the Sturbridge .He probably had no 
> idea
> , because they were NOS not  properly marked in correct boxes  (they
> said .060 on top but measured .030 at the shop.   Very strange 
> noise! 
> I never had to check measurements before !Regards, Tim Colson
>
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