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Sounds like you should've bought a C5 'Vette instead of an
Austin-Healey in the first place.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/9/2024 9:08 AM, Chris Scholz via
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I had a similar incident. I swapped in an aluminum LS1 with an GM
transmission. My car is 200lbs lighter and so much more fun to
drive. My reliability is excellent. <br
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<blockquote type="cite">On Feb 9, 2024, at 10:13 AM,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I
arrived back to Florida in May and decide to drive my 67
Austin-Healey. Drove it a mile and heard clanking
engine, looked at the oil pressure, It was O! Instead of
stooping to have towed home, I drove it back slowly.
Last month, I dropped the pan and started to remove the
rod and crank caps and bearings. My mechanic friend
said you got lucky the crank may only need polishing and
new bearings. So, I packed and marked each of the main
bearing caps, bolts, and bearings along with piston rods
and caps in individual plastic bags. Then packed them
into a larger plastic bag which was put under the
workbench near the garbage. We towed the car to Mikes
garage so he could pull and disassemble the engine.
Tuesday, he asked me to bring the parts I had removed
from the engine so he would have everything in one
place. I looked around but could not find this black
plastic bag and then remembered it got pitched in the
garbage. So, I am now up the famous creek and am asking
this group what I can do?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I am
told the engine is finished because the Main Bearing
caps are not available and even if you could find
them, they would need to be line bored on the engine.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I am
told that finding an engine block for a 3000 with
original main bearing caps is almost impossible.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Finding
an engine to be rebuild might be possible.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">My
engine was rebuilt 6000 miles with years ago everything
new, so I would like to find a way of fixing the
existing engine, if possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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give me your advice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best
regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bob
Begani<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">67
Austin-Healey BJ8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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