gregd
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Does anyone have a cylinder and piston kit for sale? Or direct me to a good supplier.
Thanks to all.
Thanks to all.
Send a picture and cylinder size
I checked , I have 90 psi, not great. I wasn't using proper gas. I now use recreational gas with 2 cycle amsoil oil. Yes, their is a harden drill in one hole, and easy out in the other. I was using heat and pb blaster for days. When you have screw made of steel and aluminum cylinder and 25+ years, you get problems.Piston looks pretty bad but Dolmar cylinder coating are extremely nard. I've cleaned up cylinders which appeared the same before examination. Pistons are available from Meteor, same as 120i and 6800i. I realise the studs have been snapped but after removal of cylinder can normally be extracted with a bit of heat. Do you know the reason for the seize? straight gas or air leak / or carb settings? It would be better to know before disassembly
Piston looks pretty bad but Dolmar cylinder coating are extremely nard. I've cleaned up cylinders which appeared the same before examination. Pistons are available from Meteor, same as 120i and 6800i. I realise the studs have been snapped but after removal of cylinder can normally be extracted with a bit of heat. Do you know the reason for the
seize? straight gas or air leak / or carb settings? It would be better to know before disassemblyPiston looks pretty bad but Dolmar cylinder coating are extremely nard. I've cleaned up cylinders which appeared the same before examination. Pistons are available from Meteor, same as 120i and 6800i. I realise the studs have been snapped but after removal of cylinder can normally be extracted with a bit of heat. Do you know the reason for the seize? straight gas or air leak / or carb settings? It would be better to know before disassembly
It looks like it would clean up to me. The worst is below the ports so it's worth having a go, it's surprising how they clean up. The Dolmar cylinders have probably the hardest / thickest or at least one of the hardest coating around! You must remove all aluminium transfer from the cylinder otherwise it will pick up again. The best video I've seen in my opinion is from Mastermind, see below. If you haven't changed the crank seals in 25 years I think I would change then when you have it down. I would use a Meteor piston, OE quality, one thing I noticed on the last ones I fitted were the piston skirt very slightly touched the crank, just needing a small dressing! Just loose fit the piston and turn motor over and you will see. I can't remember if it was 47mm or 49mm pistons, but for a couple of minutes it's worth a check. Use 40:1 and an FD rated 2 stroke oil, Red Armour , but plenty of threads on oils!
Good luck!
https://www.arboristsite.com/threads/how-to-remove-aluminum-transfer-without-acid.248325/