have been offered a series for resto needs a new piston is it easy ish?

have been offered a series (unknown whether it is a 2 or 3 yet ) for resto needs a new piston is it fairly easy to replace a piston? i will have help am just wondering just how difficult it will be

and if it needs a new piston who knows what else it might need…………

how do you know it just needs a single piston ?

and why

the person im getting it from has pistons ready to be put in and if it needs other things they'll be bought as just wondering whether its a stupidly hard to replace pistons?

not really but you will need a good toolkit and shell bearings etc......

are you taking the head off or going to attempt it all from underneath?

remove head, drop oil, drop sump, undo big end, push out piston, undo little end may need heating etc as will be interference fit or well put together, push piston out from below with something, I used piece of wood and a hammer to knock it up slowly, new rings on piston and onto con rod unless supplied on one, into clamp, insert, reverse process for taking out

Freelaner said:

not really but you will need a good toolkit and shell bearings etc......

are you taking the head off or going to attempt it all from underneath?

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cant get it out without removing crank, easiest to push it out of top of block

may as well renew shells but if not just make sure the old ones go back on in the right orientation and rotation

BA90James said:

have been offered a series (unknown whether it is a 2 or 3 yet ) for resto needs a new piston is it fairly easy to replace a piston? i will have help am just wondering just how difficult it will be

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Easy peasy mate, just get a new piston and bang it in. You do know what a piston is don't you.

ok thanks for the help and quick replys

Dr_evil said:

cant get it out without removing crank, easiest to push it out of top of block

may as well renew shells but if not just make sure the old ones go back on in the right orientation and rotation

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yep very important that last bit they are matched cos they were machined together.
new shells are peanuts so a good time to replace them, smother them with oil when fitting.
i've only ever done it from the top but never removed the crank to do it though.

yes i do know what a piston is and i will replace them whilst doing it

Freelaner said:

yep very important that last bit they are matched cos they were machined together.
new shells are peanuts so a good time to replace them, smother them with oil when fitting.
i've only ever done it from the top but never removed the crank to do it though.

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crank only has to come out if doing from the bottom, specially on the V8 even though I dismantled the thing fully you could only get half the pistons out through the bottom (easy to do so as no sharp edges) the block casting doesn't allow for them all to come out

Use black or red assembly compound to put back together and job done

BA90James said:

yes i do know what a piston is and i will replace them whilst doing it

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You know what a piston is and will replace them whilst doing it ??????????????

replace the shells whilst doing the piston change* that better for ya rob?

don't feed the troll

Soloby Rob said:

Easy peasy mate, just get a new piston and bang it in. You do know what a piston is don't you.

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do you have to troll the tech sections

jamesmartin said:

do you have to troll the tech sections

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well he is the top forum troll even BoB is less troll like

BA90James said:

replace the shells whilst doing the piston change* that better for ya rob?

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you need to measure bores and pistons to match them ,its not quite as simple as just bunging a new one in ,it may well be better to get 4 new over size pistons and get it bored and honed to new piston size

Dr_evil said:

well he is the top forum troll even BoB is less troll like

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true

jamesmartin said:

true

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Snigger never good when BoB is more helpful than you are

Soloby Rob said:

Easy peasy mate, just get a new piston and bang it in. You do know what a piston is don't you.

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jamesmartin said:

do you have to troll the tech sections

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Only filling in till you got here guru, t'is all yours now, TROLL away like only you know how to.