A few months ago, I got hold of an oldie Remington GL-7 Logmaster, which is on my bench right now.
It has some injuries (damaged cluth cover, one broken case stud,..), but she has spark, compression was a tad low, but still running which is the major goal here.
Now I encountered the following problem : I looked at the piston through the muffler and noticed that a part of the piston is broken and floats between the two rings. The casted rib of the cylinder is preventing it (so far) to fall out and possibly cause major damage to the piston.
It's the shiny ringpart between the two piston rings.
Should I leave it right there, or dismantle the entire saw to remove it ? It's not going to run much, but still it's a nice saw to have in the collection and I want it to run.
Will the removal affect compression or cause risk for ring breaking.... Lot's of questions...your input is appreciated.
It has some injuries (damaged cluth cover, one broken case stud,..), but she has spark, compression was a tad low, but still running which is the major goal here.
Now I encountered the following problem : I looked at the piston through the muffler and noticed that a part of the piston is broken and floats between the two rings. The casted rib of the cylinder is preventing it (so far) to fall out and possibly cause major damage to the piston.
It's the shiny ringpart between the two piston rings.
Should I leave it right there, or dismantle the entire saw to remove it ? It's not going to run much, but still it's a nice saw to have in the collection and I want it to run.
Will the removal affect compression or cause risk for ring breaking.... Lot's of questions...your input is appreciated.