Neil before you pull the engine besure you loosen the crank shaft nut,
it's a lot easier if you can put the car in gear to stop it from turning.
The nut is large 1 5/16 (at least with my B). And you might also need a
3/4 to 1/2 in adapter. At Sears the set up will cost you $20 ,unless of
course "it doesn't work" and you return it. This might be the time to
start looking around the flea markets.
...Art
On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Neil Cotty wrote:
> Hi all - just a follow up to my message of last night.
>
> I got the #3 piston out no drama. Appears ok - no visible damage. The
> big end bearing mating surface on the top part of the rod appears to
> have 1-2 tiny pits in the surface. The bottom half of the rod has a bit
> more damage. The crank itself appears to have a 1-2 ultra tiny ridges on
> the top of the crank (felt with my finger), the surface itself that I
> can see, doesn't appear to have any visible pits, ridges etc but my
> major problem is my inexperience - I don't know what I'm looking at and
> whether it's good or bad.
>
> I hear everyone saying pull the motor - total rebuild. I guess I'll have
> to do this - I was intending to do this in a couple of months for
> racing, problem is if I do this now my car's registration will run out
> and I'll have to go through the local drama's of Blue Slips (thorough
> inspection where the local jerks nit pick the heck out of your car in an
> excuse the thrash it around the block) - which aint fun I tell you with
> 30 yr old cars. I had wanted it to be running so I could get it
> re-registered (Pink Slip - easy) and then do the work on the engine. Oh
> well, looks like that option has gone!
>
> I think I'll shoot some pics of the conrod bits, the 3/4 length of the
> top half of the bearing that was still there, and some shots of the
> crank surface too. Maybe y'all can let me know how bad the damage
> actually is.
>
> What I want to know is why the heck did this bearing decided to nuke
> itself immediately after my two weeks of carb rebuilding.... *SOB* I
> didn't even get to play with my new toy!!!!... lol! :)
>
> Cheers,
> Neil.
>
|