> -----Original Message-----
> From: spitfires-owner@autox.team.net [mailto:spitfires-
> owner@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of ZoboHerald@aol.com
>
> In my then-16-year-old stupidity, I inadvertently ran my first Herald's
> engine nearly dry of oil one day, to the point that it almost seized.
>
<SNIP>
>...and never had a similar
> problem
> again with that motor (although I did blow a head gasket a couple years
> later).
>
> Tough little beasts, these Triumphs!
Hi Andy,
Reckon you'd have been so lucky on modern Glacier bearings? The original
Vandervells are said to be remarkably tolerant of short term oil starvation,
other bearing materials are not so clever.
Cheers,
Bill.
Rarebits4classics
.......just what you've been looking for
PO Box 1232
Calne
Wiltshire
SN11 8WA
United Kingdom
http://www.rarebits4classics.co.uk
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