Hard to say how many miles I have. The odometer has rolled over though.
But is it the original? I cannot be sure... Myself I have done about 2k miles
per year over
the last 11 years.
Here is how to measure: Set up a dial indicator on the front of
the engine to measure the forwards and backwards motion of
the front pulley. Use a pry bar or a piece of wood to push
the pulley backwards. (You can pry against the roll bar).
Zero the dial indicator here. Then push down the clutch pedal,
which will force the crankshaft and pulley forwards.
If the wear was really bad, you could easily measure the movement
with a good ruler instead of a dial indicator.
Alternative method: Grab the pulley with both hands (removing the radiator
would help) and shove it forwards and backwards. If you can feel and
hear a significant fore-and-aft movement of the crankshaft, I would be
concerned.
Doug
At 09:04 AM 9/21/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Hmmm, that's interesting. How many miles did your
>engine have at the time? I've got 47K right now. How
>do I go about measuring the crankshaft endfloat, or
>would it say in my Haynes oe Chilton's manuals (sorry,
>don't have them handy right now!)?
>
>Thanks again,
>
>Adam
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