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This pace car has been sitting for 20 years! Probably gonna need sleeves.
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Hi Buddy, I usually do my own but if they need sleeves I've used White Post with quick turn around. Locally Apple Hydraulics in Calverton, NY and you could drop them off.
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This pace car has been sitting for 20 years! Probably gonna need sleeves.
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The sealing surface is the piston, not the bore...Joe
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The sealing surface is the piston, not the bore...Joe

Joe when a bore that is pitted you'll never get a it to seal. That is why they resleeve the bore. Most of the time I can hone the bore to remove minor rust/pitting. I can't remember the last time I had to replace a piston.
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