Piston and rods out of order

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Aug 2, 2016 | 05:19 AM

HowlingMad

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Piston and rods out of order

So I bought anew ls1 motor and I plan on doing a stock rebuild on the bottom end. Everything looks fine and checked out fine but I've ran into a problem, the rods and pistons got moved and now I have no idea which one went in which hole, so how screwed am I? Can I just slap it back together or what? Thanks for the help.

Aug 2, 2016 | 10:57 AM

svslow

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Shouldn't be a problem.

Aug 2, 2016 | 02:11 PM

RockinWs6

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If you look real close at the wear marks on the pistons you can match them to the cylinders.

Aug 2, 2016 | 07:50 PM

HowlingMad

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The cylinders have been honed, not that they really needed it, but there aren't really any wear marks in the cylinders or on the pistons.

Aug 2, 2016 | 07:58 PM

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You're probably ok. Since its stock crank, rods, and pistons, and the cylinders have been honed, it doesn't really matter what hole they go back into.

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