crazypj said:1.06 is same as stock thickness. Bores at 69.5 give 0.25mm clearance at top of cylinder. 69mm will 'move' into combustion chamber when hot and can contact piston crown
crazypj said:You need to check piston to valve clearances with some clay (plasticene on top of piston)
There were production variations over the years and some GS piston combo's get a little close to head/valves
It's the reason I don't recommend skimming 0.020" off head and/or block any longer.
Honda probably bumped the compression slightly but didn't tell anyone? (sounds reasonable to me ;D )
crazypj said:You need to check piston to valve clearances with some clay (plasticene on top of piston)
There were production variations over the years and some GS piston combo's get a little close to head/valves
It's the reason I don't recommend skimming 0.020" off head and/or block any longer.
Honda probably bumped the compression slightly but didn't tell anyone? (sounds reasonable to me ;D )
crazypj said:Been screwing around with Jeep Liberty transmission last few (months?)
42RLE is a weak point on them but Liberty owners groups get real upset when you mention how fucked up they get.
All the planetary gears are totally trashed but all the clutch friction and steel plates just about perfect
I think son-in - law or stepdaughter did a 'bootleg turn from reverse to forward and broke it but everyone is saying they were ' just driving along'
Does anyone know of any modifications other than enlarging hole in valve plate and modifying one of the shuttle valves?(without spending any more money)
Surprised the parts were not totally outrageous, around $700.00 with shipping (modified trans around $6,000, re-build, ~$1,600 minimum)
Here's some pics of carnage
crazypj said:Transmission is all fixed and working well.
Only issue, got wires crossed somehow above tranny, had to go to dealer to 'fix' it.
Luckily, someone there had seen the problem before so it was fixed real quick (and not too expensive)
The cheapest we could find a used tranny was $450.00 but no guarantee it was any better than original.
Son-in-law drove it to Texas day after it was fixed, stayed a week then drove back so a pretty good test run.