Reply To: Embarrassing Mistake

[need2fish]

My first rebuild was an RD-15. New rings. Didn’t check the gaps, even though I took 3 yrs of automotive shop in high school.Motor ran great until it was completely warmed up, then the rings would bind in the bore and the motor would run slower and slower. Haul it off the boat, up 10 stairs and half a football field lugging the beast to my dad’s shop.Tore it down and took all off 15 minutes with a file to size the gaps. Back across the half football field, down the stairs and back on the transom. All that effort for forgetting to gap the rings.