Customer advice

[jbcurt00]

Not sure what this means....


Upload failed....admin....blah blah blah....did that yesterday.

Were you trying to post a pix or a video?

There's an intermittent glitch w pix & video posting, sometimes it works, sometimes it don't....

 

[saltchuckmatt]

Test

Were you trying to post a pix or a video?

There's an intermittent glitch w pix & video posting, sometimes it works, sometimes it don't....

Yes a picture of a piston and rod....just tried again. I will try later

 

[aspeck]

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Yes a picture of a piston and rod....just tried again. I will try later

It is an iboats issue, not on your end. We are attempting to get it fixed ... but ... who knows when that will be.

 

[Faztbullet]

Now he's convinced it's savable. Are those knurled pistons?

Nope

 

[saltchuckmatt]

Still can't upload the picture.

 

[saltchuckmatt]

Still can't send a picture.

 

[tphoyt]

Send it my way and I’ll try from this end

 

[saltchuckmatt]

Send it my way and I’ll try from this end

Sent, email

 

[tphoyt]

Doesn’t look knurled to me.
And it doesn’t look like the photo is going to go through.

 

[Faztbullet]

OEM and aftermarket pistons are not knurled ! If you find a knurled piston in a 2 stroke outboard it was done as a band aid repair

 

[saltchuckmatt]

Doesn’t look knurled to me.
And it doesn’t look like the photo is going to go through.

He just sent me more pictures after he honed it out. Plus these readings.

Did a light cleanup with the hone. Cylinders measure right at 3.217 and the spec for .030 over is 3.217 - 3.128. Think I might just hone them a little more and slap some new .030 over pistons in.

 

[Faztbullet]

A .030 piston wont run in a 3.128 bore or (3.228 if typo). Max is 3.220. Hone em slap some Seizeco pistons in it and fix cooling problem, because that is likely what caused it to fail before and be rebuilt. If you use Seizecos make sure your run them thru several heat cycles before returning to customer.

 

[Scott Danforth]

Hone em slap some Seizeco pistons in it

should run Vertex vs Wiseco on outboards. Forged pistons tend to cold-seize.

 

[Faztbullet]

Seizecos run good in sloppy holes