Okay so I was lucky enough to have my very first machine be a Blaster (1989) 
I fell in love with it instantly. But I only had it a week and the piston rings fused to the piston so now my boyfriend and I are rebuilding it. We're so close to finishing it's not even funny, but we're not sure if the exhaust flange requires a gasket or if it's optional. When we took the exhaust off there wasn't one there, could this have been the reason the rings fused?? We're new to all of this so we're not really sure what the initial cause of it all could be...any ideas??
I fell in love with it instantly. But I only had it a week and the piston rings fused to the piston so now my boyfriend and I are rebuilding it. We're so close to finishing it's not even funny, but we're not sure if the exhaust flange requires a gasket or if it's optional. When we took the exhaust off there wasn't one there, could this have been the reason the rings fused?? We're new to all of this so we're not really sure what the initial cause of it all could be...any ideas??
