Metal filings in reset tool

The reset tool is a great boon and one is lucky to be able to obtain it these days. So it is with trepidation that I enter this comment. On two of the tools in the .010,.020,.049,.09 set, there was a burr in the channel that might have scratched the connecting rod. While filing off the burr in the .010 tool, I saw a bit of swarf. There turned out to be a whole lot jammed into the 1/16th hole which extends up into the tool beyond the channel. When one is tapping, possibly it would be shaken loose and fall into the piston. It was possible to clean much of it out by twirling a 1/16th drill bit by hand. After I thought I had gotten it all, I found that there was some still sticking to the sides of the hole, and it was necessary to slide the drill bit back and forth while pressing it against the sides and twirling. Rolled up some paper towel and screwed it into the hole, soaked in WD40. Then I trickled in detergent and rinsed under high pressure hot water from the kitchen sink tap, several times. This chore does not bother me but it was fortunate to have noticed in time.

The tools all need a little re-work. I have one from DDD, I think, and it needed a little rework of the spherical part in the tool. It was too flat on mine and would actually hit on the ball of the conrod itself(!) That could possibly be one reason that makes people muchroom the piston?

With a little dremel-work one can make it more conical so that it only touches the part of the piston that should be squeezed together, and not the conrod itself.

So a few things to look out for as usual with these engines...