After reading Ed's reply I'd hunt down another engine. And then rebuild that
one at your leisure. It seems there are plenty of 1275's around.
Lin
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Shop at " Just Brits "
<shop at justbrits.com>wrote:
> Since Jess 'seems' to be a newbie B.J., methinks your statement of:
>
> <quote>
> ...but in that situation you usually replace the cam and go on with it.
> </quote>
>
> is quite mis-leading. Jess, whilst replacing the cam would be correct,
> the entire motor should be disassembled and totally CLEANED and
> bearings fully inspected !! Ditto the cylinder walls. Until you can
> report back [BEST with pics which I will be happy to host instead
> of those "free" sites FULL of advertising <G>] nobody should "offer
> up" further advice except the above and below unless I have missed
> something <G>.
>
> Since the cam "broke" the is a very good chance of small pieces
> of metal that have circulated throughout the motor
> scoring/scouring bearing surfaces, crank surfaces, &/or cylinder
> walls plus have been thru the oil pump surfaces. None of which is good.
>
> Whilst it is true that the motor "could" be re-built with said
> 'surfaces', it would lead to very premature failure !!
> There is ZERO chances of me doing the above without a full break-down,
> complete cleaning [dip BUT remove Engine I.D. Plate<G>], and NEW bearings
> at minimum for my own or customers' motor(s) !!
>
> Ed
>
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