Good video on replacing piston springs

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Good video on replacing piston springs

Postby Nanonevol » Sun Apr 01, 2018 6:01 pm

Found this on You Tube. Another spring project!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFX_Xq9WHTI
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Re: Good video on replacing piston springs

Postby aj81spider » Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:53 am

That's good. I was thinking "what the hell?" for a couple of minutes until I realized it was an April fool's video.
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Re: Good video on replacing piston springs

Postby phaetn » Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:15 pm

Excellent! I'm about to replace the head gasket (again) so I'll make sure to include his tips and parts!

:mrgreen:

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Re: Good video on replacing piston springs

Postby nelsonj » Tue Apr 03, 2018 8:23 pm

Very well done. Fool alert: I fell for it for about a day - the owners service manual is what really got me. As the previous owner of two Del Sol's, I couldn't believe Honda would do something that bizarre. Mainly I just wanted to see if he had any tricks for pulling the head - he made it look super easy (a lot easier than pulling the head on my Spider.)

The maker of this video deserves a lot of credit for all the detail (boxes for the springs, service manual, CPU readout). I really wonder what possessed him...
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Re: Good video on replacing piston springs

Postby spiderdan » Wed Apr 04, 2018 7:05 am

nelsonj wrote: I really wonder what possessed him...

How about $20k a month from YouTube!
https://youtu.be/9O-MCNG0tEs
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Re: Good video on replacing piston springs

Postby davidbruce » Sat Apr 07, 2018 2:00 am

Many years ago a friend was rebuilding the engine in a Triumph Bonneville that belonged to a girl we knew. He sent her to the dealership with a parts order. When she returned she said she got everything but 2 items. The piston return springs and the hardened rubber drive chain were back ordered and would be a couple of weeks.
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