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Old 10-29-2008 | 11:08 PM
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Default RE: Enya 19

I just received an eBay Enya .19 VI. The seller listed it as "This engine has been run . . .no dings or damage anywhere . . . It is in very good condition . . . A nice choice for your next project . . . Yep, and my next project was to completely tear down the Enya because the iron piston and steel liner were rust fused together. Lots of heat, lots of cleaning and reassembly. It's going to be OK I think. The point of this post is that this little engine is an engineering beauty. Brass threaded insert in the head for the glow plug, full floating wrist pin (hollow) with machined brass wrist pin retainers inserted into the ends of the wrist pin - a la the L-88 Chevrolet Big Block. The engine was run but not much. The underside of the cylinder head still had bare aluminum exposed. Maybe one tank of fuel? I'm going to break it in like a new engine. I'm impressed with the quality and I've heard a-lot about that on RCU.

Bill