update on my bad lifter/ valve job nightmare

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evidentally, when I blew my head gasket, I damaged/cracked a piston...

I am really getting tired of this mechanic. First he forgot/didnt bother to change a lifter...now when he takes apart the engine, there is a cracked piston.

ANYBODY HAVE AN EXTRA PISTON LYING AROUND?

I need a .020 ring set...which I saw on ebay for $10...is that good?
and I need a piston....

sooo frustrating because I really need to keep money down on this car...

chaz
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Man, that really sucks. I had 5 new new pistons for a rebuilt block (.040), which was damaged. Unfortunately, my dad sent block and all to the scrap heap without telling me :( . It was there in S FL too.
If you get fed up enough with that mechanic, i know of a place in Hollywood that seemed to do a decent job on my 68. I dont know if they still have it, but there was a 250 short block also sitting there that I almost bought.
Anyway man, good luck!
 
I dont know too much about engine and stuff...but he told me I need .020 pistons...so I gues sthe block was bore once...is it?

so .020 cast pistons...orginal...

if I do repce all 6...what should I use? A lighter one? forged? this is where I nee dteh advice....

If I had known/thought from the beginnning...I would have just nought the engine of the guy in orlando...for $400...or rebuilt mine all the way

chaz
 
x21 we are gonna have to check each others rides out sometime...where in Ft Laudy are you?

what is the mustang guy in Ft Laud? I am willing to go North for a decent mechanic

chaz
 
is this mechanic the owner of the shop where it's being worked on?
if not, i think i'd consider going and having "words" with the owner/manager
 
yeah...owner/operator. I feel bad becuase I know for sure he is veru ill...had kidney stones. Wasnt supposed to live past last June...in liver failure and has a colsopy bag. What can I do except be nice and ask how he is.

I want to get the car driveable...and then I wont go back to him...the only reason its there now is that he didnt fix something and wa sdoing something for free and...surprise...found something else wrong...

rock<me>hardplace
 
I used to live with my folks, just south of Hollywood. Right now I am in Gainesville. I may make a trip to Miami to see a friend in about a week.
The only piston that I managed to save was the cracked one out of that 200. I keep it as a reminder of the dangers of using a (cheap) screwdriver to determine TDC :oops:
The guys in Hollywood are complete car guys. They have a lot where they do it all- body and drivetrane. They have a few wrecked cars, old and new. I think they are called Classic cars ( or something like that) of hollywood. They are on Dixe Highway. I'll try to find out for ya when I get a chance.
 
I feel your piston pain. When my father rebuilt my engine 10 years ago, he used flat-top forged pistons.

A few months ago, I sent it to the engine shop to have head work done and also find out why the number 1 cylinder was losing compression (I hoped it was the rings). Well, I found out that when the engine was rebuilt the first time, my dad should have bored out the cylinders and put in over sized pistons.

Those nice hi-performance pistons have about a 1000 miles on them (the car has sat in the garage for 9 of those 10 years) and now they have to be replaced...
 
Oh I think thats where my mustang was fixed when the previuos owner got hit in the front left....if you say they are good, I will check them out

I tracked down two different pistons... both CAST...one from Advance AUto which I had to special order for $29 plus shipping...

and one from Auto Zone for $15...which I can pick up tomorrow...

I called NPD but they dont carry 6 cyl pistons...and Jegs said I had to buy the whole set?!?!

I guess no one wanted my business... :?:
 
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