| Author | Message | ||
     Carl Heydon Frequent User Username: car Post Number: 94 Registered: 2-2004 |
Some time ago I obtained a box of engine bits including 6 pistons wrapped in paper. Today, when I unwrapped one this is what I found;  Is this from a B60 industrial? Have they been used them successfully in a car engine? | ||
| Mark Taxis Frequent User Username: mark_taxis Post Number: 97 Registered: 4-2007 |
Hi Carl I really do not know where my father got these pistons, To my knoledge He never owned a B60 engine, The pistons were just stored in a box in his workshop. | ||
| Carl Heydon Frequent User Username: car Post Number: 96 Registered: 2-2004 |
Thanks Mark, I've never seen any mention of MK VI pistons with a bottom ring. Early Land-Rovers were supposed to have them installed at the first major service but I believe many just had a screwdriver scraped round the edge of the head gasket so it appeared done. This is marked AE 413 and I have asked for information from Absolute Excellence but no reply as yet. | ||
| Mark Taxis Frequent User Username: mark_taxis Post Number: 98 Registered: 4-2007 |
There is some info on theB60 engine and pistons here http://www.kda132.com/pdfs/technical/engine/B-Series-Engine.pdf | ||
| Carl Heydon Frequent User Username: car Post Number: 97 Registered: 2-2004 |
Yes, thank you Mark, amongst our Gurus is Ashley James. What would we do without the generous expertise of such people, our cars thank them even more than we do. | ||
| Mark Taxis Prolific User Username: mark_taxis Post Number: 104 Registered: 4-2007 |
Carl Did you ever get any info on these pistons? | ||
| Carl Heydon Prolific User Username: car Post Number: 124 Registered: 2-2004 |
Hi Mark, Nothing definite. It was suggested they may be from a B80, but then I scored a new set of standard JPs for not much more than the cost of a head gasket, so they went back in your box. |
