What happens when the pin clip on your piston comes out...

jstone · Post by **jstone** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:54 am

I'm not a happy camper...

Don't worry, atleast i know where the clip is lol.

This is the side it came out of.

This is the only damage to the head, i would say its still good.

And the scored cylinder.

So there's the pictures for your viewing pleasure. I haven't decided what I'm going to do with it yet, but fixing that is not going to be cheap.

tru72 · Post by **tru72** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:15 am

remeber, never reuse wrist pin clips...
and dont fool your self and say that you bent them back out! LOL
aloha
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Dac · Post by **Dac** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:31 pm

yeah, i got a cylinder and piston sitting in front of my tv that is the same way.

its one of those things that when it happens, your just plain screwed.

chevyguyjay · Post by **chevyguyjay** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:01 am

just curious, where was the opeing of the c-clip at before this happened?

jstone · Post by **jstone** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:15 am

I don't really remember, but i'm thinking it was either straight up or straight down. I had put around 50-60 miles on it since i did the top end rebuild though.

Johnny5 · Post by **Johnny5** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:06 pm

Oh shoot.

I just rebuilt reusing the clips. "Danger is my middle name"

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 2:08 pm

yeah, i always reuse clips.

funny thing is, when this happen to me, they where new clips i put in it. And it didnt come out till like 300 miles since the rebuild.

nparks · Post by **nparks** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:04 pm

And this is what happens when you don't mix enough oil with a bore kit and the top of the piston melts and blows out around the rings:

chevyguyjay · Post by **chevyguyjay** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:42 am

im like u dac. i reuse mine to. u just know what c-clips are bad. theres no "spring" to it.

MySpree · Post by **MySpree** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:58 pm

had that happen to me once, after i put my spree on ebay, last day it was up, i started it to drive it a bit, and the clip came out ( brand new one ) and so i used a aero top end to make it work.

Kenny_McCormic · Post by **Kenny_McCormic** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:48 pm

MySpree wrote:had that happen to me once, after i put my spree on ebay, last day it was up, i started it to drive it a bit, and the clip came out ( brand new one ) and so i used a aero top end to make it work.

What parts? What year?