I did not see the engine rotate personally although I believe my mechanic
who did the rebuild that it indeed turned at completion for the valve
adjustments. It did not sit outside, however it was just inside a roll up
door that stayed open all day during working hours. I was very careful to
select bolts of equal length to original for the clutch when I installed it.
The clutch pedal is working and I can disengage the trany completely,
although I have not tried that yet (I will tonight). I have tried a
different battery just in case I didn't have enough amps in the battery I
was using for some reason. I tested the starter solenoid for 12V to the
starter. I have removed the starter and tested it outside the car. You can
hear the solenoid throw the gear into the flywheel with that classic
resounding engagement and then the crank moves about 1/8" (it is NOT
completely frozen which gives me some hope). I installed all the parasite
parts myself.
My mechanic says that the flywheel bolts would not strike the oil seal
anyway as they are in a different concentric zone.
I have purchased a 6pt 1 1/8" socket and plan to carefully hand rotate the
crank tonight. If it feels as though something is really wrong, I will
inspect the back of the flywheel first, and then reluctantly pull the pan
and see what's going on in conrod and main bearing land.
THX: JP
'59TR3A TS440984 "Parts All Over the House"
> From: Westerdale, Bob <bwesterdale@edax.com>
> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 17:39:38 -0500
> To: 'Justin Paxton' <justin@bexel.com>, Brian Sanborn <sanborn@net1plus.com>
> Cc: Triumph Newsletter <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Subject: RE: First Start
>
> Hmmmm.... Where did the engine sit? Outdoors or wet? Any chance you put
> the starte in incorrectly and it is now hanging up the flywheel? ( I don't
> see how this is readily possible, although I had an old MGB that did it
> occaisionally) and the motor is absolutly dead-locked up? NO rocking or
> movement at all on the front pulley? and of course " dropping it in the
> car" is just an expression, right? Prior to installing it, did you
> personally see the motor rotate? What parts did you install yourself- ie.
> gas pump, flywheel, etc... a good puzzler no doubt... Bob Westerdale 59 3A
> TS36967
>
>
> Justin Wrote-> The rebuilder says he cranked the engine by hand many times
> as he adjusted the valves after final assembly. The only thing that has
> been added is the clutch. Yes the car is in neutral. The only thing I can
> think of is related to how long it sat (3 months) prior to finally dropping
> it in the car for start up.
>
>> From: Brian Sanborn <sanborn@net1plus.com> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:16:46
>> -0500 To: Justin Paxton <justin@Bexel.com>, Triumph Newsletter
>> <triumphs@autox.team.net> Subject: RE: First Start
>>
>> Justin,
>>
>> Lots of good replies. All I can add is some thoughts.
>>
>> Is the car in neutral?
>>
>> When you were assembling the engine... and torqued down the bearing caps...
>> all slobbered with assembly lube... the crankshaft should have turned like
>> smooth silk. Even with the pistons and liners in... you should have been
>> able
>> to turn the whole assembly by hand.
>>
>> Further in the assembly process the engine was constantly being turned by
>> hand
>> on the stand to line up the timing or assemble the the valve train. If this
>> is
>> not true something is very amiss.
>>
>> The only gotcha I ran into was when I tried to replace the large steel
>>
>> camshaft bearing with on from Moss ans it locked the engine up tight when the
>> bearing was tighen down because the new part did not have a 45 degree bevel
>> on
>> the rear edge and was interfering with the cam. I went back to the original
>> part.
>>
>> Brian Sanborn 62 TR4 CT16260L soon to be "O" - Groton, MA
>>
>> My TR4 Restoration Web Site http://www.net1plus.com/users/sanborn E-Mail:
>> sanborn@net1plus.com
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