Reply To: Embarrassing Mistake

[Dale]

I too have been in that situation. Over the years I have learned to check that end gap. The latest problem was a mercury m55. The rings came to me with .005 end gap. I check around and some people told me that was OK, WRONG! I settled for .010/.012. Sure glad I did! Another time I purchased some rings and they did not have the cutout for the positioning pins. It was tricky to file those notches but they worked just fine. If the end gaps are to small you will have a bugger of a time getting the piston back in the bore.

dale

get’em wet don’t let’em set