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Ron Lendon's Aircraft Mfg.
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Date:  1-11-2013
Number of Hours:  2.00
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Brief Description:  Assemble rods and new 2850 pistons

Matched up the best fit cylinder and ROSS RACING pistons and marked the pistons with a sharpie for cylinder and orenintation for the piston pin fitting.

Shrink fit piston pins to rod ends by heating the rod ends up and sliding the pin in place in a fixture I made on the mill table. Nothing real elaborate, just two point stops for the piston and a one point stop for the pin. Gotta make sure about the orentation because there are left and right sides to the engine.

Washed the pistons and rods then ringed and bagged em. Using 50/50 STP/OIL for assembly lube. Washed the cylinders, lubed the cylinders, compressed the rings and inserted the pistons into their respective cylinders, bagged the whole cylinder for the trip out to the airport hangar.
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Ringed pistons

Ringed pistons

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Bagged cylinder/piston assembly

Bagged cylinder/piston assembly

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