1600 pistons

[rrlund]

God it's embarasing to loose your mind,but even more embarasing to break something because of it. It's been a couple of weeks since I took those pistons out of that 1600 gas. The offset dip in the top of the piston goes toward the spark plug,right? I don't want to hammer a valve into the top of one by getting it in the wrong way. Don't laugh. Your memory will go someday too.

 

[Adam- WI]

Did you remove the rods from the pistons? If not just look at the rods, they should be marked front. Also the pistons should have a marking on them that indicates front. I just got my 1650 engine back together. I put the overbore pistons in. Hopefully I will get a little more power now. Are you putting in new pistons or reusing the old ones?

Adam - WI

 

[rrlund]

Yea,the arrow and the word FRONT on the piston and front on the rod were a dead giveaway. It's been a frustrating morning. I blew the hose from the steering servo on the 1550 this morning. Fixing that when the temp was -3 and taking the rest of the morning to do chores has me to where I should take a nap. I swear some day I'm going to have to hire somebody to follow me around and make sure I can find my way home. Thanks anyway. I've got it.

 

[MIKE FRENCH]

They said there would be days like that, just didnt say how many, LOL. We all have days like that.

 

[RJH]

Hey, They told me to cheer up, things could be worse, So, I cheered up, and sure enough, things got worse!!!!!

 

[super99]

I hear ya, btdt. Just be glad it's a bad day, I've had bad years before. Chris

 

[Handsome Jim]

you said it