Thread: Your biggest DIY screwups
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Old 03-08-2018, 07:54 PM   #122 (permalink)
Shoeshear
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Originally Posted by Rusty View Post
Ever take a head off. Look at the pistons. And wonder why you have 2 pistons at TDC.


One of the pistons broke at the oil ring groove. All the way around. That part was at TDC. The skirt was still in one piece. Going up and down with the rod. Never hurt the cylinder wall. Dropped the oil pan. Pushed the rod the piston out. Installed new piston on rod, new rings. Installed everything back in. That motor ran for at least 6 years before the it got sole to someone else.
Can't imagine what that would be like if you weren't expecting it. We knew our pistons were toast before we opened it up and found this:

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