berty Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Hi all , am in the process of building another 1170 lump . Nice new shiny wiesco pistons and rings . But wait ! No sign of my trusty old piston ring compressor . And finger nails lacking in length . Hmmm head scratch . Long pause . Then I remember the 12.7mm wide plastic cable ties I bought last year - hey presto !!! Worked a treat .Just thought I'd share that . 3 Quote Link to comment
Locomotion Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Thats quite a big cable tie, where did you get them Quote Link to comment
berty Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) From the never to be mentioned arsebay . They can easily be undone for further use , so need to buy too many . Plus less chance of accidentally scratching pistons - as ties are plastic . Edited December 7, 2015 by berty 1 Quote Link to comment
Jonboy Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Did something very similar but used a strip of spring steel held in place with large cable tiesworked a treat. Jonboy Quote Link to comment
madman Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I just use my big gnarly fingers!! Quote Link to comment
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