[AJD] JD Piston Ring Exchange

[greg at theoldtractorcompany.com]

Good idea. I also have lots of broken sets as well as rings from the days when you could buy 
individual rings. Perhaps these could be used to complete other people's broken sets. (Seperate 
oil rings, etc)
Good idea I think. I know mine just sit in the bins. Also, some of mine are not JD, some are 
Hastings, etc so might be worthwhile to include a section for non-Deere too maybe?
Greg


Greg Stephen
The Old Tractor Company
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On Sun Mar 13 13:48 , 'Dean VP' <deanvp at att.net> sent:

>I've started listing some of the broken JD ring sets I have accumulated over
>the years, in hopes of providing help to those who need a ring or two to
>fill out a set or to replace one that got inadvertently broken during
>installation. I have much more work to do to get a readable format that is
>useful but over time I should get there.
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>The question I have is: How does one properly measure the rings to determine
>actual intended diameter? I'm only referring to those that need to be
>verified if in a marked box or those whose identification may have gotten
>lost. I guess the critical ones would be those that are std vs 0.045" over
>or something similar like that. Does one assume a nominal ring gap or how
>would one determine what specific size they are? 
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>I probably have 15 to 20 or so boxes of NOS rings here that may be missing
>only one ring, some maybe only a half set, so surely there is a way to make
>these useable by someone in need. Maybe if we combine our hordes some whole
>sets can be made. Hate to throw anything away!  :-)
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>I've tentatively called this project the "JD Piston Ring Exchange" and have
>started a listing on my web site but it isn't formatted correctly yet for
>ease of use:
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>http://www.deerelegacy.com/Piston%20Ring%20Exchange.htm
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>At one time I was thinking that maybe if we all listed our broken ring sets
>in a common place, with name and contact information, it would make the list
>of available rings more valuable to others. But anyway, looking for
>suggestions to improve this project. 
>
>Dean A. Van Peursem
>Snohomish, WA 98290
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>I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
>storeroom door 
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