Hugh Barber wrote:
>
> As a long-time TR owner (first car was a '70 spitfire) who has owned my
> current '73 TR-6 for the past 12 years, I have always wondered why the
> factory used separate thrust washers in the TR engines. It seems that the
> rest of the world uses a main bearing/thrust washer one piece unit.
> So..... the question is - why does'nt somebody (Moss, TRF, et al) come up
> with a one piece conversion for the TR. It would seem to be a simple
> change on the upper bearing shell and with some very simple machining to
> the bearing cap, the lower bearing shell could use one as well (just like
> the rest of the world). Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems so
> simple and it would do away with the "washers-in-bottom-of-pan/engine block
> and crank ruined" problem.
>
> Hugh Barber
> Santa Clara, CA
> '73 TR-6
I think the probem is thus- It looks like the main bearing caps were
cast with the block, then machined out. I may be wrong, but this would
make interchaning bearing caps diffulct.
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