Yeah, yeah yeah...my friend was showing them to me online. but I'd like to see you fit one in your garage.
Seems like everyone I talk to about my piston always brings up the pistons in ships.

what exactly do you mean by the big ends? the upper half where the comression actually takes place?

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That's because that's where BIG pistons are found :lol:

No, the 'big end' is the bearing at the lower end of the connecting rod, the 'little end' is the bearing at the top of the connecting rod (inside the piston).

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http://www.oldengine.org/members/die.../Fullagar1.htm

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Everything is relative. Note the railing and the ladders. And only 6 cylinders. The term "to throw a wrench into the works" refers to just how easy it was to destroy such engines. They have such a slow cycle that you could easily toss a large tool into the cylinder via an open valve, and destroy the entire cylinder.

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At my place of buisness, they had some problems with some of the engines, and it turns out that some mechanic did in fact leave a wrench in there.

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