I didn't see that you got a response to this.
First of all, my condolences.
Secondly, could you give us a little more detail as to the
extent of the previous rebuild? Why was it done? If due
to prior TW problems, were the damaged areas on the crank and
bearing caps addressed? Were oversized TWs fitted if necessary?
Is there any chance that the TWs were fitted backwards? Do you
have any recourse against the rebuilder? Have you dropped
the oil pan and taken a peek inside to verify what's happened?
Good luck to you!
Greg Rowe
tw1@MUW.Edu wrote on Mon, 05 Nov 2001 19:09:13 -0600 (CST)
>
>OK. I'm almost ready to throw in the towel. I have patiently taken 2
>years of problems from this car, new floors, new tops, new carpet,
>replacement differential, new clutch master, new throwout bearing,
>replacement carb and manifold, replacement exhaust system, new battery,
>new mahogany dash, rebuilt transmission, new alternator, replacement
>drive shaft, replacement radiator, new rings, bearings, cow print seat
>covers and yes, new thrust washers (just a partial list). Now the good
>part. The car ran great, for 3 days and then, you guessed it, difficulty
>changing gears. Check the crank - 1/4 inch travel.
>
>So, what would cause an engine with near perfect tolerances when rebuilt
>to throw out its thrust washers, could fixing this require block
>modification necessitating engine re-removal and is it worth it to put
>another minutes effort into a car that obviously has a will to die?
>
>Thanks for listening from way down in this pit of depression :(
>
>Tim Wilcox
>Information Systems Specialist
>Lowndes County Schools
>
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