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I'm Awesome
yet you keep disregarding my advice, it's not like I havn't been through this before when I dropped a piston on the floor and it bent,.......A man that thinks he knows it all can learn nothing. You were confident in a you tube video you mentioned on how to r&I [pistons. How did that work out? Pistons when not supported by the bore are quite fragile. what happened? Both places turn you down? I warned that it was no easy task that machine shops won't always take on. I recommended Napa, because not all , but there's a chance you might find a decent counterman that will dig out the books and at least look for you. It's hard not to think your're an idiot at this point. Everything I have said to to to this point has been spot on. You've really made a big mess of this thus far. Time to back up and regroup.OK! The new rings came in and they fit like a glove.
I'm still, however, short one piston. This is because IDIOT me tried making my own wrist pin removal tool out of wood. Let me tell you all how well that worked.... it didn't. I ended up cracking both junkyard pistons. Nothing gained, nothing lost, really. Just time and lessons learned.
HOWEVER... I went to Advance Auto for something totally unrelated, and the one counterman there knows his stuff. I asked him if he knew where to get 1 SBC piston. At that point, I heard a voice behind me ask "which 350?" I explained the details and the person recommended Napa of all places. Didn't someone suggest that earlier in this same thread?
Well, I went to Napa after work today and sure as sh17, the counterman had it nailed down to two part numbers.... but no written difference between deep or shallow oil groove. He said bring the old one in and we'll match it up.
Good thing I haven't thrown anything out yet.
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