Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

     

Left Nav S-B Home FAQ Members List S-B on Facebook Arcade WEAX Tides Buoys Calendar Today's Posts Right Nav

Left Container Right Container
 

Go Back   Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating » Main Forum » Boat Fishing & Boating

Boat Fishing & Boating A new forum at Striped-Bass.com for those fishing from boats and for boating in general

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
Old 09-24-2008, 09:55 PM   #7
freebie
Registered User
iTrader: (0)
 
freebie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Hull, MA
Posts: 512
how many hours on the motor? do you know what the bore size is? I'm asking because rings don't just "snap", not saying you cant just buy one piston and rings for it, but if you're gona go through the trouble of pulling the motor apart why not have it machined, that's the least expensive part, usually around $50-$75 per hole, pistons run around $100-$150 each depending on the quality you want(wiseco's don't last), then you need agasket kit another proabably $200, and then it's just knowing how to assemble, the main reason that you can't simply replace one piston is the the cylinder is perfectly round, the pistons by design are oval, when you break the motor in the pistons become the same shape as the cylinder, if you just do one it won't wear in the same way, not trying to belittle you just trying to save you from having to do it over again, we do about 100 outboard rebuilds per year, every once in a while we do one that someone tried to replace one piston, just don't want to see you have the headache
freebie is offline   Reply With Quote
 

Bookmarks


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:55 PM.


Powered by vBulletin. Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Please use all necessary and proper safety precautions. STAY SAFE Striper Talk Forums
Copyright 1998-20012 Striped-Bass.com