jeeptj19992001
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The top of the piston shows a track of at least one of the clips from the transfer area to the exhaust.
Check inside the muffler can with a small magnet as they can stick inside the can.
The only question I would have is how deep is the groove that goes from the top of the transfer inlet to the transfer port outlet just to the left of the bump apparently made by the pin catching the top of the transfer port inlet.
(seen in the second pic)
The picture could very well be making it look worse than it is.
umm those tracks were made by the guy as he stated, not by the clips as you state.