G'day folks,
The new piston should have ring locating pegs in the ring grooves, on the exhaust side of the piston. These determine which way up the rings are fitted, as well as the gap position.
Hi Gadge, The piston I bought came with the rings already fitted? it looks like its an aftermarket part but I didn't have the choice of buying a genuine one here. I will have another good look at the downloads, I downloaded lots of info a while back but I have changed laptops a couple times since then. Before I go ahead with this I think I need to do a bit of swatting up.
Howdy folks,
Alan, you choose a good beginner's engine to rebuild.
How did you find out about that compound and in Lithuania?!?
Hi Mowerfreak, I could have got it from the UK but it was quite a bit more expensive, being a tight arse (and not in too much of a hurry) I went with the cheapest ebay seller, otherwise I would have just paid the odds. I hope this one will be straight forward, I have a V100 utility (125cc) in the shed, I've got the gaskets/piston/rings but no seals, otherwise that may have been my first re-build as a dry run.
As always, I cant thank you all enough for your input and advice guys. I will certainly keep you posted (with a few pics along the way) as soon as the Permatex and time turns up, hopefully I won't find a scored up barrel nightmare..!!!
Cheers,
Alan.
