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To be clear, I was going to purchase the used pistons because they came with the rings I need to replace, but I’m much more interested in just the rings.
It’s not perfect but I am not experienced enough to know if it’s so bad it should be replaced.
The piston definitely has rust marks where it was seized and rusted to the block but all the major marks are below the rings.
I snapped a piston ring on my piston on my 1957 FD-11 and I’m thinking about buying a used piston off eBay but the only pistons available at the moment are for the 1960 Fastwin 18hp.
Are the pistons different on these models.
Additionally the piston I removed has three piston rings rings but...
