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Old 10-23-2007, 02:47 PM
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I just put my top ring into the cylinder to measure the gap(I haven't touched them yet...and it is larger than .030....I am not using a squaring tool, could this cause it to read this much off?
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Old 10-23-2007, 05:17 PM
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You can slide a piston in upside down to square it up. Take the reading with the ring about 2" down in the bore...
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Did that...still reading about .040....the box says the rings are 3.987....it's a 2001 block honed .005
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thats too much..Maybe they sent the wrong rings or the hone is bigger than you asked for...
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