ORIGINAL: Richard39
Everyone, nice replies and good advice.. I do want to make it clear that Mr. Ken Enya was very gracious and helpful.... He just would not consider any warrenty repairs... regardlesss... I may send him the engine for his evaluation and let us all just see what happens.... The skirt on the piston has a chip missing where there is a little curve/cut out place... I did get the piston out when heated in an oven but I can not get it close to going back in... The sleeve seems fine... I have it completly broken down.... I am just not sure that it is worth the expense to ship to Japan and then pay full price for parts and repairs... some warrenty consideration would be nice....
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This is precisely why the end user should never disassemble the engine when still under warranty. Send it back to the folks that know the engines. And I agree with others that said that if the engine is still under warranty, the Altec folks should fix it. Maybe they will...
Ed Cregger