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[John Whitling]

Did it pull easily BEFORE you tookit apart? If you don't know, or if it 
didn't, you probably fried the crank bearings. They need oil too, ya know.

Schlismann, Marilyn wrote:

>After blowing an oil line (large line to crankcase) in practice at Road
>America a couple of weeks ago, we
>were able to restart and run: though it ran v. poorly.  Teardown revealed
>ring damage and black coked piston tops. Bottom end seems/measures ok w/o
>tearing into it.  Clnd. pistons and put in new rings (cyl.s look perfect).
>After doing a top end, engine seems to be tight and very hard to pull.
>Anything specific to check?  I'm thinking (an oxymoron) that I may have : a)
>twisted a ring or b) I'm parnoid, a new top end is supposed to sprain one's
>wrist when trying to pull.  Other suggestions welcomed.
>
>TIA, Charlie & Marilyn #71 CenDiv
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