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A fellow Marylander contacted me looking for a 3 7/8" standard piston for his early model C that was likely made in 1929. He has one damaged piston and wants to find one so he can keep this early three ring setup together. It is part number 4573A and has two compression rings at 3/16" wide and one oil ring at 3/16" wide also. My Model C parts book says to replace this piston with A4573A or B4573A which is the 4 ring setup that we are familiar with. I don't know if the A4573A is 3 rings or 4. Maybe someone out there knows for sure.
In any case my neighbor needs one piston to be able to keep using the 3 ring setup. I tried Saeli and Don from Austin and pawed through my parts here and didn't find any so far. Somebody out there has taken one of these apart and found at least one usable 3 ring piston and set it aside I am sure. I know that we could probably mis match a set together with both style pistons but we were hoping to keep it all the same to make a better balanced job. Please take a look in your "someday" parts piles of stuff that was too good to throw away and see if you stumble across any 3 7/8" three ring pistons. Some of us Easterners could use some help if you would please.
Thanks again,
Dave Reed
2167 Blue Ball Road
Elkton MD 21921-3330 USA
phone 410-398-7340
In any case my neighbor needs one piston to be able to keep using the 3 ring setup. I tried Saeli and Don from Austin and pawed through my parts here and didn't find any so far. Somebody out there has taken one of these apart and found at least one usable 3 ring piston and set it aside I am sure. I know that we could probably mis match a set together with both style pistons but we were hoping to keep it all the same to make a better balanced job. Please take a look in your "someday" parts piles of stuff that was too good to throw away and see if you stumble across any 3 7/8" three ring pistons. Some of us Easterners could use some help if you would please.
Thanks again,
Dave Reed
2167 Blue Ball Road
Elkton MD 21921-3330 USA
phone 410-398-7340