New Rings Without Honing the Cylinders

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by Wick

I did a mini bike motor back as a kid 3hp. Just stuck new rings in it, I dident know about honing. Then stuck 5hp rings in it (ground to fit) That lasted a week.
Started reading Hot Rod....borrowed a hone and went at it until I got a 0.10 piston in it and lapped the valves. We made cardboard head gaskets back then too! @1971

LOL, when I was in 4th or 5th grade my first gas engine was a kick start Briggs washing machine engine. I tried to make a head gasket out of a Cheerios box. It lasted about 5 seconds. I then rode my bike to Walworth, N.Y. to a small engine shop and bought a real gasket. I can still see the old guys at that shop sitting around telling stories. It was like a scene from Hooterville.

That's one thing I really liked about the eastern states, the small towns and old buildings. There's not much neat old stuff like that around Minnesota that I have found.