Hi,
I'm _way_ behind on this list, but I just wanted to add a few comments.
One of my friends that owns a TR6 had similar symptoms on his car last year.
He noticed a bit of fouling on #6 and attributed the "slight vibration" in
the engine to a mis-fire. He drove the car in this manner from his house
to his winter storage place and back (about 40-50 miles round trip).
When he checked his compression, he was expecting low readings for 6 but
he got a fat _ZERO_ like Larry did. Upon pulling his head, everything looked
fine, and he was puzzled. At any rate, he decided to turn the engine over
by hand, and low and behold, the #6 piston was staying at the top of the
stroke.
It turns out that the motor suffered a cracked piston, where the crack was
above the gudgeon (wrist pin) and the bottom half of the piston was rotating
along with the rest of the pistons, but the very top of the piston crown
was staying put!
I asked around about this, and it is a pretty rare thing, but maybe this
was what Larry was seeing.
bye,
rml
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From rwg1@cornell.edu Tue Sep 11 11:59:50 2001
From: (Roger Garnett) rwg1@cornell.edu
To: (British Cars) british-cars@autox.team.net
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1993 13:53:02
Subject: AutoJumble
> > But while the current disk has some space, one thing I may suggest is that
> > we make more us of the pub/autojumble area. I think Roger G. has been the
>
> What is the pub/autojumble area??? How does one use it?
I guess I ought to add this to the SOL file server information file, which
I'm in the process of updating anyhow. In brief:
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The AutoJumble
On triumph.cs.utah.edu, the sol ftp server, there is a directory called
/pub/autojumble, which is an open area for folks to drop a text file
listing parts & cars, etc. wanted or for sale. Keep it simple, and text
only. Connect the same way you do to get sol files.
Include:
What you have for sale or want, and any pricing info.
-Your name, and e-mail address
-Your location (real address) and full phone number(s).
________________________________________________________
Roger Garnett (Roger_Garnett@cornell.edu)
"The South Lansing Centre For Wayward Sports Cars"
"All donations of stray, orphaned, odd, neglected, etc.
sports cars and bits in need of a good home accepted."
"The drop off bin is right there- behind the barn..."
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