Thanks. I'll pull the wire this weekend and take it for a drive just to see
how it feels.
As I said, I replaced all the lower engine bearings about 10 years ago and
have only put about 7K miles on the car since then. When I did the bearings
back then some of the ones I took out were very worn so I'd bet that there
was some damage to the crank. Could barely afford the bearings themselves
back then so I just replaced them, shut my eyes to possible crank damage and
hoped for the best.
Phil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sally or Dick Taylor" <tr6taylor@webtv.net>
To: "Phil Beckman" <pbeckman@ameritech.net>; <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [6pack] successful roadtrip
> Phil---The engine should have seemed terribly underpowered if driven with
> a dead cylinder. Maybe the plug wire was just loose, and not disconnected
> so far as to where the spark wouldn't jump? That's why I suggested to
> deliberately pull the wire and do a test drive, to see how this feels.
>
> On the oil pressure...Worn bearings are the usual suspects when the (hot)
> oil pressure drops. You might get away with just replacing all ten sets of
> them. Check the journals for obvious scratches, as some of them could be
> small enough to polish out, without having to grind the crank and rod
> journals.
>
> Dick
_______________________________________________
Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
6pack@autox.team.net
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/6pack
http://www.team.net/archive
|