David,
I'm sorry - if anyone should have known to suggest
this it should have been me - I got my free (and rust
free) Spitfire because a PO thought he had blown the
engine due to a knock that, you guessed it, I found to
be a loose flywheel. And I know Frank thinks the Spit
was overpriced, even at $free.
--- DLancer7676@cs.com wrote:
> I don't know whether my last post went through or
> not--I didn't get a copy in
> my box, so I suspect that it didn't. If I am
> repeating something you already
> received, my apologies--just be satisfied that you
> are reading great script
> twice!!! LOL
>
> You remember last weekend I sent a post that my 1500
> engine was knocking
> after a hard downshift? I appreciate all the input
> I received from everyone!
> I have followed most of the leads I received here
> and everything was solid
> as far as I could determine. So I took the car to
> Gary Lownsdale's (of the
> list) and we pulled the engine after Gary
> meticulously listened to the
> running engine and knocking with a mechanic's
> stethoscope. He determined the
> knocking was coming from BEHIND the #4 cylinder. We
> took off the clutch and
> lo and behold!!! the flywheel was LOOSE!!! The
> flywheel bolts were so loose
> I could turn them easily--I mean like floppy.
>
> Inspecting the flywheel, we found it pretty chewed
> up around the bolt holes,
> and the holes themselves wallowed out. So to my
> favorite mechanic's garage
> this evening where I bought a used flywheel, 4
> bolts, and a new rear seal for
> $35.
>
> I plan to have the flywheel resurfaced before
> installing it next week. I
> will keep the list informed as to the success of
> this fix. Thanks again for
> all the input!
>
> By the way--this is the 2nd time I have fixed a
> floppy loose flywheel in this
> car in a year and a half. Wonder why those dim
> witted engineers didn't put a
> lock plate on the 1500 flywheel like the 1275 has?
>
> --David C.
>
>
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Ron Soave
"By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean." -
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