The Ford Barn

billfish · 06-17-2016, 08:15 PM

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I've had this car for 2 and 1/2 years. That head was off 10 months ago for inspection and the piston was fine, no damage visible. The former owner tells me the heads were not removed during the 20 years he had the car. I've put about 4,000 miles on the car since I bought it. It always ran fine but the compression was slowly dropping. Some exhaust valves were leaking and in the process of doing a valve job I discovered this problem. The pistons look original and the block has never been re-bored. I am assuming this is normal wear and tear.

06-17-2016, 08:15 PM	#26
billfish Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: egg harbor twp nj Posts: 303	Re: piston damage (new pictures) Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I've had this car for 2 and 1/2 years. That head was off 10 months ago for inspection and the piston was fine, no damage visible. The former owner tells me the heads were not removed during the 20 years he had the car. I've put about 4,000 miles on the car since I bought it. It always ran fine but the compression was slowly dropping. Some exhaust valves were leaking and in the process of doing a valve job I discovered this problem. The pistons look original and the block has never been re-bored. I am assuming this is normal wear and tear.