Hi Richard,
>Last month during the short thread about Stag engines, Tom Jell
>mentioned he was on the 4th engine in his Stag. As another Stag
>owner I'm curious about what I have to look forward to. I
>suspect the other Stag owners would like a respite from the
>antics of the more mundane members of the family. So Tom, could
>you describe what happened that lead to each rebuild?
Here as requested the engine story of my STAG. As I bought the car almost a
year ago with a new engine in, I can't exactly tell what really happend to the
last ones.
But the car came with full documentation and ALL bills. So I can show what has
been repaired and add some comments.
KM 76849 by an official Leyland dealer
short engine, new timing gears, chains
old heads, just refaced.
KM 137190 by an official Leyland dealer
both heads rebuilt
(looks like they really did only half of the job)
KM 147316 by a Triumph restauration company (Alle de Haas)
new bearings, new timing chains, new oil pump
new head LH, rebuilt head RH (new one not available)
added oil cooler
KM 161900 by an official Leyland dealer
rebuilt heads, new pistons.
I'm now currently at about (still no speedo drive pinion) 165.000 km
Additional comments.
1. Noone replaced the timing chains as requested each 15000 miles.
2. After 147000 km the added an oil cooler.
3. I`m not sure what harm the wrong connected lumination did (see below).
Tom
Btw.: I now have fixed the starting problems. The engine didn't start from cold.
Some of the real electric profis connected the lumination (transistor ignition)
to the + of the coil ... gives you almost 6V ...
I'm only wondering who the engine run at all ???
I hope the did the engine rebuilt better ...
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Thomas Jell | '79 Spitfire (running, running, ...)
Siemens AG, Corporate R&D | '74 STAG (running)
ZFE BT SE 41 | '63 TR 4 (being rebuilt)
Otto Hahn Ring 6 |
81730 Muenchen |
E-mail : jell@km21.zfe.siemens.de |
Tel : +49 89 636 47405 |
Fax : +49 89 636 40757 | +++ Long live MESA +++
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