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The Engine Puzzle

From: "Joe Prinzinger" rustyjoe10@hotmail.com

You have been getting bad advise here on the SEL. People have been telling you to carefully note where all the parts come from off of the main frame so you know how to put them back on. This is not the proper way to restore an engine. Here is the correct way. Take the engine completely apart. Do not pay much attention to what you are doing. Now take all the parts and put them in a big box. Take the box and shake up the parts so now they are good and mixed up. Let the box sit for six months so you forget where all they parts go. Now the fun begins. You have a very big jig saw puzzle that will take much longer to put back together. After all putting it back together is the fun part. This way you get to spend an extra month or two putting it back together "having a lot of extra fun." ;)))))))))

[Ed: Haven't we all been here? hehehe]


This article is part of the Stationary Internal Combustion Engine Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). This series is a combination of my views and knowledge and the views and knowledge of other people - most of them members of the Stationary Engine Mailing List (More info on ATIS). Those articles which were written by others are © Copyright to the author. Those articles written by myself are © Copyright to Paul Pavlinovich.

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