Thanks Joe, for the site info! Here is our local vintage group I hope
to run with in August, Corinthians Vintage Auto Racing:
http://web2.airmail.net/cvar1/
I have attended several of their events as pit crew, and it's a lot of
fun.
Now to my sordid story:
I got sidelined by a neck problem after pushing an MGB (yeah, I know, I
asked for it), and finally got to pulling of Tristan's lower end on
Sunday. Yuck. I wish I hadn't. The #3 rod was spaghetti -- twisted up
and in about 3-4 major parts and a whole lotta slivers. The piston was
pretty chewed (read MORE metal in the system) and the cylinder wall was
nicked a little -- not badly, considering what was going on. So, I am
set back even more. I have located and will be picking up a 1300 small
bearing block and crank and hopefully rods on Sunday ($50 -- thanks
Darren!)and will whisk them to the machine shop ASAP. I do have an
offer from the same guy (Darren) to rent his spare 1300 race engine for
VTR National. Nice guy! I hope to have this one back together by then,
but it just may not happen.
I do have a question for the collective wisdom -- what is the best way
to clean out oil lines and the oil cooler so no metal shreds are left?
Is it better to replace everything (ouch)? I have an Accusump, which
unfortunately was wide open at the time, and it needs to be cleaned
out. Darren gave me the name and number of a company that does that, so
that will be taken care of.
Thanks so much!
Keep Triumphing,
Susan :)
Slightly discouraged, but with options, and boy, what a learning
experience!
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