When I rebuilt my XPAG I found the rods backwards also. All the wrist pins
were badly galled. I had to cut two of the pistons off the wrist pins with a
hacksaw, in order to remove the rods. I didn't make the connection between
the rod alignment and wrist pin galling at the time.
Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
Email - bobmgtd@insightbb.com
52 MGTD - NEMGTR #11470
71 MGB - NAMGBR #7-3336
----- Original Message -----
From: "Curtis Cook" <ccook@ColoradoCollege.edu>
To: <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 2:44 PM
Subject: sick engine
> Listers- A couple of weeks ago I reported to the list that my engine had
> tightened up over the winter, and seeking advice. Thanks for the many
> replies, but no one gets the prize. And I will have to stop blaming
> Marvel Mystery oil. Perhaps the most experienced of the list were being
> courteous, allowing me to find the error of my ways for myself.
>
> The short answer is that the wrist pins had seized. The long answer is
> that when I rebuilt this engine, about 15 years ago, I installed the rods
> 180' out of position. The wrist pins had apparently been starving of
> lubrication all this time, only finally giving up in the last season. The
> pistons are done for, too. With luck the bores need only be honed. Must
> be a lesson about dojble checking one's work in there somewhere. Cheers.
> -Curtis (in Colorado)
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