New Rings Without Honing the Cylinders

[CarlG]

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

LOL, when I was in 4th or 5th grade my first gas engine was a kick start Briggs washing machine engine..

That was mine too! Not sure if it was a Briggs, but it was off a Maytag Washing Machine, 2 opposed cylinders, kick start. I had it mounted on a "go-cart" that I drove all around the little town of 300 in SW New Mexico.

[George Miller]

Originally Posted by CarlG

That was mine too! Not sure if it was a Briggs, but it was off a Maytag Washing Machine, 2 opposed cylinders, kick start. I had it mounted on a "go-cart" that I drove all around the little town of 300 in SW New Mexico.

That is funny because my first engine I got running as a young boy was a wash machine engine, that some one gave me. Do not know what kind it was.

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by CarlG

That was mine too! Not sure if it was a Briggs, but it was off a Maytag Washing Machine, 2 opposed cylinders, kick start. I had it mounted on a "go-cart" that I drove all around the little town of 300 in SW New Mexico.

You had a 2 cylinder 2 stroke Maytag engine. When I was in 10th grade my neighbor had the same thing on his go kart. They hum along real nice and smooth. I have a one cylinder Maytage that I've been soaking with ATF and acetone, but it's still stuck. I think I will put a grease zerk in an old spark plug and see if that will break it loose.

Speaking of breaking in new rings, when I was in 11th grade my neighbor had a 58 Chevy with a 348. He had wedges that he screwed to the tops of the pistons to raise the compression ratio. He bought them from JC Whitney. One day I saw the engine with the hood off and the heads off and the cylinders getting rusty. He said that the rust will help break in the new rings.
I never did hear the car run and have no idea what became of it.
I'm pretty sure that guy never became a mechanic.