[Fot] Almost ready for Mitty, kind of almost

[robert bownes]

With a bit of luck it's nothing catastrophic. Maybe belt broke and it was
the water pump...Or just your overactive imagination...

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 9:25 PM, marty sukey <trmarty at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Just finishing up the final touches of a 7 month restoration of the
> Spitfire
> getting ready to head South next week. Down to the point of adjusting hood
> stops and stupid stuff like that. Ok, now the hard stuff. I THINK I JUST
> BLEW
> THE ENGINE TONIGHT #$^%&!!.  Actually had it running in the driveway and it
> was sounding fan frickin tastic, Playing with the carbs, timing, checking
> for
> leaks, all is right with the world. Backed it in the garage and blipped the
> throttle one more time and WIDE OPEN THROTTLE! Frantically stomped the gas
> one
> time to see if it would free up. I know that is not what I should have done
> first but in the spur of the moment that is what the brain told my body to
> do.
> Next reached up and killed the ignition.  Probably only ran for a second,
> possibly two max but it seamed like an eternity. When I killed the engine
> "something" continued to freewheel for about 3 to 5 seconds making metal
> rubbing sounds. After gaining my composure I put a wrench on the crank and
> it
> appeared to turn free, no out of the ordinary feeling. So I guess I start
> tearing into it after work tomorrow. Any idea what could have been
> freewheeling after the engine stopped? At least from the drivers seat I
> think
> the engine stopped, I would not thing the entire assembly could have kept
> spinning that long do you?  Oh, the cause, I did not have the transmission
> tunnel cover attached, just sitting there in the car so when I blipped the
> throttle the stop under the gas peddle hooked itself under the lip of the
> cover. Note to self, don't ever do that again. Marty
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