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Engine Blues!!!

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Subject: Engine Blues!!!
From: Dave Gropper <dave_gropper@rl.gov>
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 14:50:49 -0700
1973 MGB (No O/D)
Start car, minor mechanical noises, warm car up (drive 1-2 miles) and loud 
knocking starts, no rumble or slap, noise is now there in idle, does not 
increase with load. Timing set, valve lash set, carbs set. Is it the Rod Big 
end 
bearings?? How can I prove this?? 

If so...
Q1. Can the sump be dropped without removing any other parts ??

if so...
Q2. Can the Rod Big End Bearings be replaced this way (by me, in the 
driveway???)

Q3. READ MY WRITS(!!) Engine OFF, Ignition OFF, pull car into sun in driveway
Tach reads 0 r.p.m.... sun warms up car, tach starts to read... After a while
(with a COLD Unstarted Engine) Tach reads over 3000 r.p.m.  HELP!!

Dave ( Here we go again) Gropper

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