[AT] Mustang

[Spencer Yost]

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Larry Voris wrote:

>Spenser:
>    Did you put oil on the new rings when you installed
>them.  There is one company that I buy rings from says,
>to install the rings dry and they will seat on the first
>few times up and down in the holes. Granted the compression

I do oil the grooves and the rings(and the bores too).   These were Hastings rings and they indicate that the grooves and rings should be oiled.  However you do have to oil the piston and the compressor when installing the pistons so I am sure plenty of oil gets on the rings just as a by-product of that process even if I didn't oil the rings directly.  Having said that, I can see where at least not over-doing the oil at assembly may help in the initial seating.  I like to hear some other comments on this.

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On 4/18/2004 at 5:47 AM bwhdon wrote:

>Ive rebuilt quite a few engines and always oiled every thing up real good
>before starting, turned the engine over with out ignition to prime the oil
>pump and all bearings etc and never experianced an engine burning oil as
>long as 15 minutes on start up. Might have been a stuck ring or valve seal

I failed to mention that the flat-head Continentals don't have valve seals.   Stuck ring is possible since it was about 3-4 weeks between assembly and start-up.

I do prime the engine before start-up and had strong flow and pressure out of the oil pressure gauge line at the dash before I started it.   

One thing I failed to mention - I did not re-bore that engine.  This engine had cylinder wear within specs.  I just honed it and moved forward.  I had never done that before either.  Maybe that was a factor?

By the way, here are the parameters and specs:  My notes say the max wear was .004"(average of .002"-.003") and min. of .002".  Max bore variance was .002"(range of measurements was unmeasurable to .002")   The Continental manual say those limits are .007 and .004 respectively.  Oil pressure was great and no oil leaks.   Oil ring gaps were a bit loose (understandably) but within specs.


Thanks for the input.  I'd love to hear some more...

Spencer