[pritch]

When I first bought my Panel, it had a 230 in it. It ran OK, but with tons of blow-by. So I took it apart and one piston had a hole in it. I replaced it, and drove on. About a year later, I was driving down the freeway and something went bang and it started running a little rough. I made it on home and took the head off and everything looked OK. I turned the motor over by hand and the top of this piston didn't move. Whisky Tango Foxtrot? I then ran a self-tapper screw into it and pulled it out and this is what I found under it:




I think that the PO who rebuilt it didn't gap the rings or something and this one got to the point where it cut the piston in two. I was just lucky that it didn't have a complete come-apart. I just replaced this piston and drove on again. When I ever get around to rebuilding that old 230, I'll get a whole new set of pistons!