Cylinder #5 sucked water due to crap header. What next?

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05-01-2016, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Tinkerer

I don't have the bridge for my dial indicator. I have the magnetic base. When I use mine I mount it to read the center of the piston not the edge. Wouldn't using the edge give you some error due to piston rock?

I use the bridge, and rock the piston both ways, with the dial indicator at the top of the piston. If say i get +.010, and -.010, i consider that zero deck.

Alot of guys forget about piston rock, and their pistons end up kissing the head when trying to get a tight quench.