My 60 BN7 had a knock and I had the same worries. Then suddenly the the
balancer came apart and the the thing ran horridly rough with a
swirling/clanging sound.
Shine a light on the balancer and see if it looks like it is not spinning
smoothly when running.
Good luck.
Scott Willis
Mashed 60 BN7 AH Club USA
59 MGA
66 E-Type FHC
http://www.geocities.com/bgeuroclassics/BG_Euro.html
BG Euro Classics Car Club President
Bowling Green, KY
>From: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@hansencc.net>
>Reply-To: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@hansencc.net>
>To: "healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net>
>Subject: knocking
>Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 20:21:06 -0700
>
>i also had the same problem as jim werner in that my harmonic balancer was
>worn in the woodruff key groove and allowed it to knock at low rpms(at
>least
>that is when i could hear it). was sure i had a bearing knock. used a
>tube
>in the ear to isolate the sound, then checked for movement. it had some so
>put on different damper and all was well. healeymanjim
>
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