Hello Jim,
Thanks for that, I have been toying with the idea, but didn't realise that the cylinder was so soft (I suppose that is why it distorted in the first place!). Your input makes it a no brainer, I don't have a thing to lose, considering TD piston liner sets are scarce on the ground. It may take me a few days to do it as I have a pile of jobs waiting (my wife is in Australia and I have this list of job, you know how it is!
Jim this may be a dumb question but how do you lap a piston in with a Cox type ball joint? No problem with pistons having a wrist pin , but,,,,,,,,,. I suppose you would need a miniature suction pad a bit like a smaller valve grinding tool? Now how can I fabricate or get one that is small enough?
In case anyone is wondering why I wanted the cylinder off, well there was so much slop in the ball joint that I didn't dare run it for fear of self destruct. Amazingly it had very good compression, not in the least bit clapped out until I managed to do it!
Thanks Jim, I will report back with how I did it (?) and results!
Andrew.