I sold my Spitfire to a girl who had one with a Volvo motor in it. I sold
separately the Toyota Cilica I had bought for the 20R I intended to put in
the Spit.
But I like your last suggestion. Sell it and get another truck!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randall J. Krebs" <lawgod@offshore-tax.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 7:53 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] Off Topic - Zero Compression
Greetings,
I have a Triumph Spitfire, it started to run like crap and quit, and will
not
start. I suspected valve problems, since I have had valve problems in the
past, including a valve the broke and dropped into the engine resulting in a
rebuild about 5-10,000 miles ago.
Popped the valve cover and no broken rockers, all valves moving up and down,
all valves fully closing so that the rocker was loose. There was no coolant
loss suggesting a bad head gasket. Did a compression test, and #3 cylinder
had zero compression, put some oil in the cylinder, still zero.
Suspected a burnt valve - pulled the head, all the valves look fine, lapped
them in all seemed to seal, all are moving freely in their guides.
The are no obvious signs of piston problems, cylinders aren't marked.
Head gasket seemed fine.
Any suggestions (other than to trade it in and get another truck).
Randall J. Krebs
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