David,
You say you are sure the thrust washers were installed correctly (facing the
crank surfaces). I am not sure what this means so I will
offer this: Make sure the grooved side of the thrust washers are facing outward
away from the main bearing.
Regards,
Joe Curry
DAVID ARMITAGE wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm sorry my first posting to this list is not on a happy note. I'm the
> proud owner of a 1967 MkII spit, which has unfortunately been off
> the road for the summer due to an irritating clutch problem. The
> clutch takes up very close to the floor and frequently won't
> disengage at all. Having replaced the clutch with no cure for the
> problem I took a look at the thrust washers as the endfloat looked
> to be in excess of the 0.2mm max.
>
> Not having the facilities for easy engine removal, I took the sump
> out and worked under the car. The thrust washers looked pretty
> good when I removed them, and measured well within spec. But as
> the only cost a couple of pounds I replaced them with a new set
> and put everything back together.
>
> I turned the engine by hand, then cranked the engine over about
> 10x and all seemed fine. I then started her up, she ran well for all of
> 5 seconds before seizing up solid. So everything out again, to find
> a mangled pair of thrust washers!
>
> So why did this happen? I'm sure the washers were the correct
> way round (facing the crank surfaces), everything was clean. I've
> spoken to the TSSC, and they suggested that working from
> underneath the car that it's easy for the washers to rotate and
> hence the bearing not to seat properly. Does this sound right?
>
> So I'm now in the position of having to take the engine out for at
> least a bottom end rebuild. And I'll still probably end up with the
> clutch problem!!
>
> So if anyone has any suggestions of what's causing the clutch
> problem, or whether I should get a totally new engine, or just
> concentrate on repairing what I've got then I'd be grateful.
>
> David
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