A friend of mine out in Maryland - Paul Tegler - built himself a test stand
with a radiator and a control panel for the ignition switch and gauges so he
could test engines. Link is -
http://www.teglerizer.com/triumphstuff/spit6project/engineonstand.html but
the photos don't seem to be loading for me. Let me know if that problem
exists for you too, and I'll email him for photos.
I'd think if you are doing rebuilds for customers, this would be a nice item
to have available.
Joe Guinan
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Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:27:20 -0700
From: "Mark J. Bradakis" <mjb@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Fot] Testing an engine
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So saturday evening we had the annual potluck dinner and planning meeting
for the British Motor CLub of Utah. I won't annoy you all with an in-depth
report, but something did come up that I've been mulling over today.
I put together a TR3 engine for a club member, it is still sitting down at
Bailey's. I made the comment that once he picks it up and installs it in
the car, it will fire right up and run like a champ. Honest, trust me! But
it got me to thinking that it might be nice to fabricate some sort of, uh,
engine containment device such that one could drop in some motor, hook up
coolant, electrical, etc. and actually see if the motor really will fire up
and run. It might be nice to find minor leaks, or major problems, before
actually going to the effort of installing the mill in the car.
Anyone have any experience, thoughts, warnings, etc. on such a scheme?
mjb.
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