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40 Deluxe · 05-30-2011, 09:37 PM

How long between assembly and fire-up? I've seen wrist pins seize more than once due to lack of initial lubrication. We always seem to slather the rods and mains and cam lobes with lots of slick'em but igmore the pins! Or, if it sat a long time after assembly, the oil on the pins seems to go away (Pin oil clearance is so small to start with, there's not much oil to begin with).

05-30-2011, 09:37 PM	#9
40 Deluxe Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: now Kuna, Idaho Posts: 3,779	Re: Engine seized 2 miles after rebuild How long between assembly and fire-up? I've seen wrist pins seize more than once due to lack of initial lubrication. We always seem to slather the rods and mains and cam lobes with lots of slick'em but igmore the pins! Or, if it sat a long time after assembly, the oil on the pins seems to go away (Pin oil clearance is so small to start with, there's not much oil to begin with).