Fellow listers; I'm looking for an opiion on thrust washers.
Here's the deal. I knew that the thrust washers were toast when I
bought the TR6. The car still ran nice.
I"ve got a nice short block that I'm building up to replace the engine
that's in the car. So far so good.
Due to financial restraints (yeah, you know those guys, too!) I'm going
to try and use the motor in the car for this summer.
I dropped the pan and rear main bearing cap today. One thrust washer in
the pan, the other nowhere in sight! Also, a small fish hook on some
stainless wire! I ain't makin' this stuff up! Looks like the DPO made a
1/2 arsed attempt at repair.
The rear of the crank and the rear of the bearing cap had @.020" ground
off, with some nice gooves. The front side looks fine.
So the big question is, am I wasting my time putting new thrust washers
in? I'm only trying to get another @1500 miles out of the engine.
I'm inclined to put some new ones in, since it's apart anyway.
Anybody got any experience in how long a cobbled up fix like this will
last?
Also will a different #4 mail bearing cap work for the short term?
Or, rewelding and machining the current one as a temporary fix?
Anybody try these, and what kind of results?
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