Reply To: Can this cylinder be repaired

[HARRY D. NICHOLSON]

Thanks joe.  I’ll take my old ones along to compare when I pick them up locally at the sellers house. I finished tightening up the rods today.  One was very loose on the crank end. Prior to disassembly, when looking at the pistons through the exhaust ports, one piston would not move when starting to turn the crank, while the other piston moved immediately. Seems odd that only one rod was so worn. The oil holes in the small end of both rods were plugged with carbon. Holes in both ends are 3/32″ dia. Maybe the plugged holes should be drilled larger ?