Posted by RCP on May 04, 2008 at 09:00:51 from (24.144.165.173):
In Reply to: Re: What now?!?! posted by Lanse on May 04, 2008 at 08:52:42:
Lanse
I suggest that you wipe off the lithium grease from the pistons and rings, it is better to use engine oil, the lithium might result in stuck rings. As far as you trouble turning the engine over, I suspect that what you are seeing is normal, when I rebuilt our Oliver 77 6 cylinder, I had it apart and together a couple of times for the same reason, and determined it was normal ring drag that will go away as the engine is broke in, and it did. But to be sure it would be a good idea to check the ring end gap on a couple of ring sets to be sure they are not too tight. Hopefully you have a manual, or data that came with the rings that tells you what the correct end gap is.
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