1959 Thunderbird piston size
Posted: Tue 28. Apr 2020, 10:40
Hi everyone.
Been doing some work on my ‘59 Thunderbird 430 and when I measured the pistons, somethings odd came out.
The piston size was slightly bigger (on the bottom of the skirt) then the manual said they should be. But not that big that it could be an oversize. Left the numbers in my garage (not located at my house), so the number will come later.
I’ve made a picture of the piston. On the lower side there is a 10 visible. Could that mean I have an .010 oversize? As far is I can find in my manual they only came in 0.003, 0.020, 0.030, 0.040 and 0.060.
They are original wedge shaped and fomoco is stamped in it.
My clearance is within the wear limit as the manual says.
There was no ridge from wear of the piston ring visible and on the lower part of the cylinder (where the piston doesn’t come) there was a nice and clean honing mark. Should someone had it rebuild in the past but with OEM or nos pistons??
Like to hear what you al think about it.
Been doing some work on my ‘59 Thunderbird 430 and when I measured the pistons, somethings odd came out.
The piston size was slightly bigger (on the bottom of the skirt) then the manual said they should be. But not that big that it could be an oversize. Left the numbers in my garage (not located at my house), so the number will come later.
I’ve made a picture of the piston. On the lower side there is a 10 visible. Could that mean I have an .010 oversize? As far is I can find in my manual they only came in 0.003, 0.020, 0.030, 0.040 and 0.060.
They are original wedge shaped and fomoco is stamped in it.
My clearance is within the wear limit as the manual says.
There was no ridge from wear of the piston ring visible and on the lower part of the cylinder (where the piston doesn’t come) there was a nice and clean honing mark. Should someone had it rebuild in the past but with OEM or nos pistons??
Like to hear what you al think about it.