[6pack] successful roadtrip

[Phil Beckman]

Thanks.  I'll pull the wire this weekend and take it for a drive just to see 
how it feels.

As I said, I replaced all the lower engine bearings about 10 years ago and 
have only put about 7K miles on the car since then.  When I did the bearings 
back then some of the ones I took out were very worn so I'd bet that there 
was some damage to the crank.  Could barely afford the bearings themselves 
back then so I just replaced them, shut my eyes to possible crank damage and 
hoped for the best.

Phil
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sally or Dick Taylor" <tr6taylor at webtv.net>
To: "Phil Beckman" <pbeckman at ameritech.net>; <6pack at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [6pack] successful roadtrip


> Phil---The engine should have seemed terribly underpowered if driven with 
> a dead cylinder. Maybe the plug wire was just loose, and not disconnected 
> so far as to where the spark wouldn't jump? That's why I suggested to 
> deliberately pull the wire and do a test drive, to see how this feels.
>
> On the oil pressure...Worn bearings are the usual suspects when the (hot) 
> oil pressure drops. You might get away with just replacing all ten sets of 
> them. Check the journals for obvious scratches, as some of them could be 
> small enough to polish out, without having to grind the crank and rod 
> journals.
>
> Dick