The pin may have fallen out on your workshop floor.----For me it would be ----" DARN I have to take it apart again "----I have taken failed motors apart and measured the film of sealer to be 0.008" and it should be 0.001" or less.
There is a wee pin in the block,----A hole in the reed block.----The little pin MUST go in that hole!----The sealer to be used is something like Loctite 518.-----Low filler content and most of the sealer squeezes out to get a metal to metal joint.-----If the sealer is too thick , the bearings...
The problem with the ring being too close to the top of the piston was resolved in the early 1980's.-----It is the shape ( taper ) on the rings that is the issue.-----Just draw a picture of that ring in it's groove.-----Then draw the picture again taking into account the wear.------Wear on the...
