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Posted in Engine, repair, The Long Rode on May 21st, 2012 by Wade

I’m very depressed.  I got the front cylinder off tonight and found disaster.  There is a deep gouge in the cylinder wall and the piston id shot.  A C clip broke and scrubbed a lot of metal out of my engine.  You can see the broken clip here  and the damage here.  Don’t forget this is only the front cylinder.  It was the rear cylinder that had the compression issues in the past.

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Headless

Posted in Engine, repair, The Long Rode on May 21st, 2012 by Wade

I spent several hours today taking Marlin appart.  Unscrewed the headers, took off the carb, removed the tank, and seat.  One thing I noticed was oil in the intake manifold ports.  I then took off the front head.  5 bolts and and lot of swearing.  Since I dont know what I’m looking for I guess I’ll keep going.

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