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There is no wet stacking. New head, 1 new piston, the other cleaned, cylinders honed

Thanks guys, it lives again. and sounds great. Odd thing, I ran it for an hour at 75% capacity. I warmed it up, and as soon as I switched on the load, it began smoking. I couldn't discern a color. Not white or blue, but not carbon black either. I figured it was assembly oil burning off, but...

What kind of oil do folks use for break in? Just normal in-spec oil with zinc additive?

Thank you. I just wanted to be sure I wasn't overlooking anything that may not be in the printed manual.

Ok, so I cleaned up the bores with a hone, they cleaned up really nice. I checked them with a bore gauge, still in spec. Sprayed penetrant dye on it,, no cracks. Next I'll order a straight edge and feeler gauges and see if it warped. It's looking really good though.

So I have some photos after pulling the pistons. This is the worst one. It's from the rear cylinder. This is the one that had the missing chunk stuck to the valve - The cylinder on first inspection looks ugly, but no deep gashes. Other than the bits of piston stuck to the sides, it...

At the moment I'm trying to get this one going again.

Hi folks. So last year I picked up an mep-802a at auction, had 6 hours on it. All of the dates say 2010, and it has the fuse mod already on it. Looking inside, it's clean, very clean. So I believe the hours, it hasn't been rebuilt. When I first started it last year, I noticed a lot of...