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That is the thinking. The flow path for the oil after being scrapped  didn't have a free enough path back into the crankcase.. Quite often , the drain back holes  in the piston are half in the oil scrapper ring groove and half in the skirt.

This "restoration" of mine is "the great experiment". , to boldly go where no one has gone before.  I'm thinking the license plate # should be NCC-1701.  I'm just having fun trying out new technology and see where it takes me.

I get excited when I read about things like the  Creighton CR700W   Could I play havoc in this workshop