So, still learning – and hopefully continuing to do so for a lifetime. I found out why there wasn’t any compression. The piston rings were simply tapered, meaning that I should have paid more attention when mounting them. See an example here of tapered piston rings and how to mount them. Apparently I had mounted […]
Thought I could buy a new pair of piston rings, but it turned out that this wasn’t quite doable.The only piston rings that I could aqquire looked like this: One being wider than the other, but the old piston had two identical sized piston rings: This forced me into buying a complete set with piston […]
I’ve just started working on my second Honda, a Honda Melody Mini that I bought a decade ago – give or take. Believe that bikes very similar to this one was introduced in other countries, under names as The Eve, Nifty 50 or Spree. I used it as my daily driver for a short period, […]