Will be doing some checking on all that tonight and this weekend. I was
planning to drop the pan and do the bearings that way. Also I may have an
engine I can use ;-)
Larry
At this exact moment in time 9/22/00 3:21 PM, ptegler@gouldfo.com made
the profound statement:
>Don't know about the clearances on a 1500 Midget (engine to frame)
>but without pulling the engine I dropped the pan on my 1500 Spitfire
>(yes the front pan bolts are a pain...getting to them.)
>I loosened the mounts, jacked the motor up 1" an put a block of
>wood between the mounts to keep the engine up.
>
>I replaced the connecting rod big end bearings only. Total job
>with fancy clean up and oil pan paint respray took less than two hours.
>(paint it an let it dry while you're doing the bearings)
>This was done because I could hear the slight 'hammering'
>on acceleration ...plus they were cheaper than dirt on EBay)
>
>Are you sure the bits of metal are bearing pieces.? Have you considered
>them possibly bits from the end of one of you push rods (mushroomed
>and cracked) or slivers from a past valve job when you tweaked the
>screws just a bit hard? :-)
>Seriously though... how much metal, and of what kind?
>Was it magnetic? (Bearing shells are bronze aren't they?)
>
>Paul Tegler wizardz@toad.net http://www.teglerizer.com
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Larry Macy" <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
>To: "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 2:04 PM
>Subject: Oh Sh*^
>
>
>Help!!!!!
>I was checking the oil this AM and discovered bits of metal in the oil.
>My guess - I got a bearing that is coming apart. Now I have a real
>problem. The Midget is my only car!!! So that stops parking the car,
>pulling the engine and doing a rebuild. So I have the thought that I will
>slap some bearings into it to give me a bit more time while I find an
>engine I can rebuild so I can do a swap on a weekend. Unless somebody has
>a running 1500 spare in the Eastern PA region they wanna let go cheap!!!
>;-) Or if somebody nearby has a rebuilt 1500 I can swap in, then I can
>rebuild the one I have and give that one back to them. Or a rebuildable
>short block would work too. Or, or, or ......??
>
>Suggestions???
>
>Larry
>with very sick Midget 1500
>
>Larry Macy
>78 Midget
>
>Keep your top down and your chin up
>
>Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
>macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
>System Administrator/Manager
>Neuropsychiatry Section
>Department of Psychiatry
>University of Pennsylvania
>3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
>Philadelphia, PA 19104
>
> Ask a question and you're a fool for three minutes; do not ask a
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>
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Administrator/Manager
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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