" Hi,
I'm a coupl
" Hi,
I'm a couple days away from having the parts to swap a crank in a merc L6. Currently I am attempting to clean the carbon off the pistons/rings. There is nothing wrong with the rods, pistons, rings or cylinders, and becuase of that I just removed the rod caps and am treating the pistons and rods as an assembly.
I have a bucket of chem-dip parts cleaner, and have attempted just soaking the head of the piston to loosen the carbon from the pistons and rings. I'm weary of melting the coating that prevents corrosion on the pin and rod, and also the instructions on the chem-dip tell you to rinse the parts in water, which is not something I would like to be doing with the bearings. After minimal success this way I have begun soaking the parts in gasoline, and then using a wire brush. Are there any tricks out there that may speed this process along?
Also, the book I'm reading on this merc L6 is telling me that the crank/rods/pistons should be installed as an assembly using 6 ring compressors that are shaped like a U. It looks like I can just spin the crank as I install the rod bearings/cages/rod caps and get the crank installed with the pistons in the cylinders.. if anyone out there has done this or knows if things can or can't be done this way please reply. Thanks in advance,
Jon "
I'm a coupl
" Hi,
I'm a couple days away from having the parts to swap a crank in a merc L6. Currently I am attempting to clean the carbon off the pistons/rings. There is nothing wrong with the rods, pistons, rings or cylinders, and becuase of that I just removed the rod caps and am treating the pistons and rods as an assembly.
I have a bucket of chem-dip parts cleaner, and have attempted just soaking the head of the piston to loosen the carbon from the pistons and rings. I'm weary of melting the coating that prevents corrosion on the pin and rod, and also the instructions on the chem-dip tell you to rinse the parts in water, which is not something I would like to be doing with the bearings. After minimal success this way I have begun soaking the parts in gasoline, and then using a wire brush. Are there any tricks out there that may speed this process along?
Also, the book I'm reading on this merc L6 is telling me that the crank/rods/pistons should be installed as an assembly using 6 ring compressors that are shaped like a U. It looks like I can just spin the crank as I install the rod bearings/cages/rod caps and get the crank installed with the pistons in the cylinders.. if anyone out there has done this or knows if things can or can't be done this way please reply. Thanks in advance,
Jon "