Finally decided to tear the top end down on the Rescue 87 Zilla. Sometimes that's a hard decision to make on a running machine. I knew it had LOW compression but it started and ran pretty good.

Boy am I glad I tore it down. This thing was so close to going BOOM.


I was told this was a original bore machine. False - this piston was 86.50 and is made by Art.


This piston had a major skirt crack on both sides. This was going to go BOOM real soon.


Crack on the other side


The piston pin clip on one side was missing. I believe this is what caused this damage and then either ground up or shot out the exhaust.


Rod and crank appear to be in good shape. I pulled the mag side cover to feel for bearing looseness and found it to be ok. Big end of the Rod was also ok. Whewwwww!! I should be getting my small reed topend from Jerry soon so I can get it ready for the dunes in October


Got around to fixing the worn out steering bushing too.


The workshop and my sanctuary