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Jan 12, 2013 | 05:56 PM

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Dan89FLSTC

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Originally Posted by Schex3x

Once you put the wrist pin in, you pretty much don't have to hold anything, bending the clips during installation is when they come out, whether they're installed on the bench or on the engine.

Another reason that these engines spit out the wrist pin clips is because the connecting rod is not straight.

Jan 12, 2013 | 06:12 PM

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Thanks guys! Thanks to you and the videos........

Jan 12, 2013 | 06:13 PM

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I just hope she doesn't leak........

Jan 12, 2013 | 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain Itch

.Make damn sure the wrist pin clips are in properly..

Once they snap into the groove, I'm assuming they're in.

Jan 12, 2013 | 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom84FXST

Trying to hold the piston and the cylinder while installing the clips greatly increases your chance of screwing up...yes it can be done...I would never do it...nor I have I seen anyone I would trust do it that way...to each his own.

Tom, you don`t have to hold the piston or the cylinder, because once you slide the wrist pin through the rod, the piston will hold the cylinder up easily due to the piston ring fit in the cylinder.

A homemade clip installer works great (short length of 3/4" copper coupling and a 5/8" deep socket inside of the coupling to push the clip into position), no pliers or screwdrivers to scratch up the piston or clip.

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Jan 12, 2013 | 06:58 PM

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looks good dude!

Jan 12, 2013 | 07:05 PM

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looks good dude!

Thanks man. I got the pistons in and the jugs set. I'm going to start fresh in the morning.

Jan 12, 2013 | 07:24 PM

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One time I installed jugs, and after the head bolts were torqued, I realized I couldn`t remember if I had double checked the directional arrows on the tops of the pistons after I installed them, so.....

I looked through the spark plug hole and discovered one of the pistons was in backwards...