3.0L RingSwap - ON the boat??

[Clams Canino]

Ok here's the tale of woe. I just got done replacing the #3 piston on a
friends 1999 3.0L EFI. All went well, and with some creative use of magnets,
string and assembly lube, I managed to swap out the piston by just pulling
the intake manifold and not splitting the block. Went very well, all things
considered.

Powerhead is back on the boat and mostly dressed. By total luck I happened
to notice that the #5 piston has a broken top ring - no wall damage yet, the
light just caught it right by the exhaust port is all. And yes I'm sure the
ring is hosed.

I just ordered a pair of rings and 2 new rod-bolts for #5. A couple of
racing types that live near me on Lake Harwell tell me that the "real" race
techs can swap out a 3.0L piston "on the fly" using much the same method as
I did with #3, only with the powerhead still on the leg. Doing it like this,
gravity isn't as much in my favor as it was for #3. (so I'm real nervous)

My QUESTION is... who's done it? How hard?? Any tips or pitfalls to watch
out for? How many magnets?

Thanks -Wayne (Not often nervous)

 

[Laddies]

Re: 3.0L RingSwap - ON the boat??

Good to see you back Wayne

 

[Clams Canino]

Re: 3.0L RingSwap - ON the boat??

We'll see how it goes... it's taking upward of 30 seconds for each page to load here. (sigh).

Are they gonna address this??

-W

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: 3.0L RingSwap - ON the boat??

go to dockside chat, there's a vote there. did you get the email i sent you? glad to see you back.

 

[Laddies]

Re: 3.0L RingSwap - ON the boat??

W, we have the same trouble around here and we're stuck with dialup to, an accelerator has helped some. Thats why I can't post pages like I would like to at times and get disccussed when some of these people go on and on with crap, must be they are more computer literate and can even type. I have neithier skill:/Bob

 

[Plainsman]

Re: 3.0L RingSwap - ON the boat??

Welcom back clams, hope you keep posting.
Here is the link about the new bb:
http://forums.iboats.com/bbBoard.cgi?a=viewthread;fid=20;gtid=1238363

 

[Clams Canino]

Re: 3.0L RingSwap - ON the boat??

I posted on the link. If the post dissapears - you'll know I hit a nerve.

-W