Pistons on the left (passenger side) are 1-2-3-4.
You need to install them in the correct order.
I'm putting my W back together. Put the crank on and turned just fine. Aren't the pistons/rods supposed to fit in the left/passenger side as 1-3-5-7, with the right/driver side as 2-4-6-8?
Everything was going just fine with pistons/rods 1-4, all pointing towards the front of the engine. I get to piston/rod 5, and all of a sudden the number on the cod/cap was no longer showing on the passenger side of the rod, as was the case with rods 1-4. Did the machine shop screw up, or me?
With piston/rod 6, I couldn't seat the rod on the crank - oh the pain... Nothing I tried made it fit.
I also noticed that one side of the rod/cap was flat, whereas the other side had an angle grind. Aren't the flat sides supposed to be toward the other rod/cap, with the angle grind toward the crank side? I'll also post a few pics later, after I self-diffuse.
Frustrated as hell in Slinger. Eric.
You need to install them in the correct order.
I'm putting my W back together. Put the crank on and turned just fine. Aren't the pistons/rods supposed to fit in the left/passenger side as 1-3-5-7, with the right/driver side as 2-4-6-8?
Everything was going just fine with pistons/rods 1-4, all pointing towards the front of the engine. I get to piston/rod 5, and all of a sudden the number on the cod/cap was no longer showing on the passenger side of the rod, as was the case with rods 1-4. Did the machine shop screw up, or me?
With piston/rod 6, I couldn't seat the rod on the crank - oh the pain... Nothing I tried made it fit.
I also noticed that one side of the rod/cap was flat, whereas the other side had an angle grind. Aren't the flat sides supposed to be toward the other rod/cap, with the angle grind toward the crank side? I'll also post a few pics later, after I self-diffuse.
Frustrated as hell in Slinger. Eric.