Have you ever had one of those days when you wished you hadn't done
something even thought you knew you had to?
Yesterday I took apart the engine from my '74 MGBGT. Today I dropped the
crank off to be ground. It's not to far off from standard except for the
scoring. Later today I get to order main, rod, and camshaft bearings.
Not to forget the new lifters and pushrods. Of course the last 2 items
should have been replaced earlier from the looks of them. I am also going
to have to find the screw that holds the distributer housing into the block,
that fell prey to an easy-out after being very un-easy to get out.
Now the bad news.....
It seems that sometime back some water got into the engine and rusted a few
small pits into the cylinder walls. How/when this happened I can only guess
as the engine itself has rarly been opened up. So I might have to get the
block tanked, bored, and new camshaft bearings installed.
How did this happen.....
Sometime back, about 1.5 months, my NEW oil hose lost the fitting at the oil
pump and spewed oil everywhere except into the engine. This happened when I
was passing another car and I didn't notice it right away. I would try to
stick this to the company I purchased the hose from but I no longer had the
recipt. Live and learn.
The bright side...
Now I know why my car was so loud, the shop forgot to put one of the exhaust
donuts in. :-)
Tim
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