[Kurt in NJ]

11A parts series sleeves were honed, the hardened "tin"sleeves were honed
For over 20 years I haven't honed bores on "in chassis " re- ring jobs , never had ring seating problems -- I started this after reading about not honing in the instructions that came with rings
I also have carried experiments further--- reuse of used rings, I have put rings with as much as 300,000 miles back in the original bore, and followed some of the jobs for over 100,000 miles of further use, my latest car got used pistons/rings from a engine with bad rods put in a block with 200,000 miles (it's a diesel), and there's some oil consumption at first-(the donor parts were running crooked in the bores due to bent rods)---now 50,000 miles later I don't add oil between changes, but it starts out at 500 per quart
If there's a ridge I cut it a little so the top ring won't hit it, but I don't remove all of it