[Healeys] Loud Metallic Click

[Alan Seigrist]

So motor runs but it doesn't move?


On 4/23/11, Patrick and Caroline Quinn <p_cquinn at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> G'day
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> Here is something to get your collective minds around.
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> Yesterday morning we were 560 kilometres from home in the BN3 having just
> crossed some many kilometres of featureless plains and semi dessert. We
> arrive in a large town looking for fuel and then suddenly an audible
> clanging sound emanates from the engine. We immediately pull over to
> investigate and despite much head scratching nothing significant can be
> found. I disconnect the fan belt and also eliminate a rocker hitting the
> rocker cover.
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> Six and a half hours of sitting in the back seats of a tilt tray truck we
> arrive back home.
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> Today I removed the rocker cover and all valves are opening correctly, plus
> the noise is still there. So what do we think the noise is? Oil pressure is
> still good, so it probably isn't a slipped big end. It is definitely not
> coming from the gearbox.
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> Without taking the engine out, my guess is a broken crankshaft. What's
> yours?
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> Hoo Roo
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> Patrick Quinn
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> Sydney, Australia
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