<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/><title></title></head><body><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">Reinhart,</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">It shouldn´t be a problem. When you already reached last undersize on the crankshaft, there are still complete 948cc engines available as they were used in Morris Minors as well. Best to have a look at Beaulieu autojumble (just this weekend or the big one in September) or the Morris Minor Owners Club in England. There is also a baby Auustin Club in the UK to ask. Or you can ask at <a href="http://www.spridgets.net">www.spridgets.net</a>.<br /></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">For a rebuild I can recommend Limora, as there is a very good engine rebuilder, knowing these engines very well.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Betreff: [Healeys] BMC A-Series Engine</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">Datum: 2016-05-19T23:22:26+0200</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">Von: "Reinhart Rosner" <reinhart.rosner@aon.at></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">An: "healeys@autox.team.net" <healeys@autox.team.net></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The Austin A35 from my stepdaughter is powered by a BMC a-series engine, which is the same as in Sprites and Midgets. During a classic car event the engine started to get noisy. So we shut it off and had it transported to the workshop of a friend of mine. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Still before the engine was opened he meant that it sounded as one of the bearings on the crankshaft might have failed. And he told me that for the 948 cc engine new crankshafts are not available. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Is that true? If not, where can I get one?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Thank you in advance,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Reinhart</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Reinhart Rosner</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">55 100 BN 1</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Vienna - Austria</span></p>
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