[SEL] Piston Size Needed for John Ames Stover

[Elden DuRand]

I concur with Dr. John.  The slightly lower compression won't hurt anything and it would be a shame to mess up an original rod.  

When the correct replacement piston comes along, all you gotta do is swap it out.

Take care - Elden Du
edurand at iglou.com
http://www.oldengine.org/members/durand 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
> [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com]On
>  Behalf Of John Culp
> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 02:19 PM
> To: The SEL email discussion list
> Subject: Re: [SEL] Piston Size Needed for John Ames Stover
> 
> 
> Or add a piece on top of the piston head. Or just 
> forget it and let the 
> compression ratio drop.
> 
> John
> 
> On Oct 22, 2006, at 2:51 PM, Skip Landis wrote:
> 
> > paul, i think you would have to lengthen the 
> rod by the difference in 
> > the old & new deck height to maintajn the 
> compression ratio. the rod 
> > is steel or maliable iron, so adding a piece 
> won't be a problem.  skip
> 
> 
> John Culp
> Bristol, Tennessee, USA