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I guess I wonder why you want to use something that is rusted and =
possibly the entire length of the hole might be rusted. How can you =
assure you=E2=80=99ll get all of the rust cleaned and that small bits =
won=E2=80=99t break loose later? I=E2=80=99d be looking for good =
replacements.=20
From: Geo Hahn=20
Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2016 8:46 AM
To: Bill Brewer=20
Cc: Triumphs=20
Subject: Re: [TR] Opening Up Connecting Rod Oil Passages
Or perhaps (as you mention) a pipe cleaner. They are commonly sold in =
12" lengths as a craft item. This is the Amazon listing but places like =
Michaels probably have a selection.
http://tinyurl.com/j9crgos
Geo
On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 7:48 PM, Bill Brewer <billbrewer59@yahoo.com> =
wrote:
So I am rebuilding a Standard Vanguard engine for a 1953 Morgan =
Plus 4. The connecting rods have been laying on a shed floor for =
decades. They cleaned up nicely, but the oiling hole through the =
connecting rod to the small end bushings were all rusted solid. I made a =
tool out of a piece of 1/8 brass welding rod. I pounded the end flat, =
like a screwdriver, and pounded it in while turning with a small =
Vise-grips. It got the hole opened and rust poured out. The hole is =
about 0.180=E2=80=9D diameter. I=E2=80=99ve been trying to find a long =
3/16ths tube brush (like a pipe cleaner) to clean them out better, but =
no one makes one long enough. The brush needs to be about 5=E2=80=9D =
long and the longest that McMaster Carr has is 3=E2=80=9D. I could pull =
the small end bushings out and go at it from both ends, but the bushings =
in there fit the wrist pins perfectly and I would rather not mess them =
up if I can help it.
I have been considering buying a 12=E2=80=9D long 3/16ths =
(.188=E2=80=9D) drill bit and running that through. It might open up the =
hole a little bit, which might not be a bad thing.
=
http://www.truevalue.com/product/3-16-x-12-In-High-Speed-Split-Point-Stee=
l-Drill-Bit/74680.uts
Has anybody else been here? How did you get by this?
TIA,
Bill Brewer
Tehachapi, CA
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<DIV>I guess I wonder why you want to use something that is rusted and =
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the entire length of the hole might be rusted. How can you assure =
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<DIV style=3D"font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A =
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Hahn</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 4, 2016 8:46 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dbillbrewer59@yahoo.com>Bill Brewer</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=3Dtriumphs@autox.team.net>Triumphs</A> </DIV>
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<DIV>Or perhaps (as you mention) a pipe cleaner. They are commonly =
sold in=20
12" lengths as a craft item. This is the Amazon listing but places =
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<DIV>Geo<BR></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=3Dgmail_quote>On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 7:48 PM, Bill Brewer =
<SPAN=20
dir=3Dltr><<A target=3D_blank>billbrewer59@yahoo.com</A>></SPAN> =
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT size=3D3 face=3DCalibri><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> So I am rebuilding =
a Standard=20
Vanguard engine for a 1953 Morgan Plus 4. The connecting rods have =
been laying=20
on a shed floor for decades. They cleaned up nicely, but the oiling =
hole=20
through the connecting rod to the small end bushings were all rusted =
solid. I=20
made a tool out of a piece of 1/8 brass welding rod. I pounded the end =
flat,=20
like a screwdriver, and pounded it in while turning with a small =
Vise-grips.=20
It got the hole opened and rust poured out. The hole is about =
0.180=E2=80=9D diameter.=20
I=E2=80=99ve been trying to find a long 3/16ths tube brush (like a =
pipe cleaner) to=20
clean them out better, but no one makes one long enough. The brush =
needs to be=20
about 5=E2=80=9D long and the longest that McMaster Carr has is =
3=E2=80=9D. I could pull the=20
small end bushings out and go at it from both ends, but the bushings =
in there=20
fit the wrist pins perfectly and I would rather not mess them up if I =
can help=20
it.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT size=3D3 face=3DCalibri><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> I have been =
considering=20
buying a 12=E2=80=9D long 3/16ths (.188=E2=80=9D) drill bit and =
running that through. It might=20
open up the hole a little bit, which might not be a bad=20
thing.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.truevalue.com/product/3-16-x-12-In-High-Speed-Split-Po=
int-Steel-Drill-Bit/74680.uts"=20
=
target=3D_blank>http://www.truevalue.com/<WBR>product/3-16-x-12-In-High-<=
WBR>Speed-Split-Point-Steel-Drill-<WBR>Bit/74680.uts</A><U></U><U></U></S=
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT size=3D3 face=3DCalibri><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> Has anybody else =
been here?=20
How did you get by this?<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> =20
TIA,<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT size=3D3 face=3DCalibri><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> Bill=20
Brewer<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT size=3D3 face=3DCalibri><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> Tehachapi,=20
CA<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
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