Posted on 01/19/2022 10:46:44 AM PST by Red Badger
I know a guy who drives a tow truck. Recently he went to pick up a Tesla that ran out of power. My friend asked, don’t you wish I could just pour a gallon of gas in it and you could drive away. They owner had an attitude so my friend instigated. Asked the owner to put the car in neutral so he could pull it up on the tow truck. He knew full well the car would not do this with out power, but the owner did not. The owner tired and became frustrated. The two truck driver then said, watch how you have to tow these cars. He hooked the cable up and dragged the car onto the truck. The owner then mumbled “junk”.
Piston rings don't rotate. Some pistons even have a peg installed in the ring lands to restrict the range of movement in case they do shift. But, they usually don't move much. The crosshatch hone pattern is to set up a proper wear surface between the new rings and the cylinder wall, thus "seating" the rings.
Great car, carried a lot of musical gear and guitars for me. I went to college in the snow belt (by Erie PA) and had 4 studded snow tires. It was front wheel drive 5 on the floor. It would go anywhere.
I think you might be mixing up your memories of your Pinto and another car.
The '78 Pinto, like it's Chevrolet Vega and Chevette counterparts, was rear wheel drive only.
Ford didn't offer front wheel drive in the U.S. until the 1981 Ford Escort.
For all of you anti Tesla folks.......... get ready.
Tesla will dominate the EV auto market in 2022 and is going to destroy Ford and GM. They lack everything needed to keep up.
Tesla is in Texas and is powerful technically, financially, and politically
Chrysler? Don’t know because Jeep is strong and Chrysler is Fiat.
Both of those are practically impossible.
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Nonetheless, when disassembled those were the findings which I saw personally - I can’t quite remember what the exact thing was on the disk breaks, but it was something like that ; of the rings, I remember that very clearly - you do know its been 46 years?
Makes you wonder how many other parts are missing.
And to follow up further on Yo-Yo’s comment, the exploding fuel tank was in part because in a rear end crash the fuel tank would get torn open by the bolts on the rear differential cover.
I actually have nothing against Tesla. Until they take on and displace the Ford F150, Ford is safe. Especially in Texas.
Seconded. I've re-honed more than one block over the last few decades.
As for brakes, there are ways to screw up the install... Possibly upside down instead of backwards? I have a 1974 Dodge, instead of a 1976. Always did my own brake work.
I saw a Ford Maverick truck yesterday. Had no clue that was a thing...and we have a F150.
I’ve never seen a car come off the line that fast. Just lifted up and flew.
They rotate. If they didn’t why pin them?
I’ve been building engines for long time and also own an operate an engine dyno. The only rings that are pinned are in two stroke engines and that is to keep the ring ends from rotating into a port and breaking off.
An automatic trans won’t work without trans fluid.
It depends on the torque converter to transmit torque from the engine to the gear pack.
Last week my daughter had a cooler line fail on her Chrysler minivan. They just lost drive as the oil ran out and coasted to the curb. It smoked a lot but luckily didn’t catch on fire.
Look at a picture of a brake rotor, they cannot be installed backwards.
https://www.google.com/search?q=brake+rotor
“The cross-hatch in the cylinder walls induces rotation of the rings.” http://blog.wiseco.com/ring-grooves
That’s interesting!
I came around the Maverick truck on the interstate yesterday...happened to see the “Maverick” on the tailgate. Did a double-take...pointed it out to the wife. Because it was a pickup truck, I actually had trouble recalling (for a few seconds) that the Maverick was previously a car. I was like...”What?”.
Those look interesting. Super hybrid gas mileage which is gonna be important as long as Dems are running energy policy.
“The cross-hatch in the cylinder walls induces rotation of the rings.” http://blog.wiseco.com/ring-grooves
“To steep of a cross hatch angle can cause the rings to pump oil, rotate to quickly leading to accelerated ring and ring groove wear.” https://www.totalseal.com/support-and-downloads
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