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Thank you for your reply and the valuable info. I will make the additional measurements as you suggested and then I can decide if the job is worth tackling. The block probably would clean up at .030, but that piston is hard to find, and I don't know if I want to invest that much money in the...

I have an older Briggs-Stratton engine, aluminum block, model series 130000. The engine lost it's compression and after pressure testing it, I determined it was the rings. After doing a measurement of the cylinder bore, it was about .017 over the specs. After checking locally, no one can get the...