[TR] TRactor engine: conrods big end tab washers. Needed or not?

[Tony Drews]

For racing, we normally throw away the tab washers and use red 
loctite thread locking compound on the bolts instead.  The tab 
washers don't work very well to prevent the bolts from loosening.

- Tony Drews

At 02:35 PM 5/30/2010, francois wildi wrote:
>Hello,
>I am about to put my pistons back into my TR3 engine (with new rings).
>Our supply chain being VERY bad here, I had to wait 4 weeks to get the
>rings... only to discover that the conrod big end TAB WASHERs that I had
>ordered are missing.
>Now I'm hesitating to ship everything back and order
>everything express international from Moss or mounting the conrod bing end
>bold without these tab washers. I take it racers must have an idea on this...
>Time is of essence. Our MVD want to inspect my car on June 24th, and since
>they will analyse the exhaust gas, I better put a few 100 miles on it to run
>in the engine.
>
>BTW, I was very impressed when Moss US sent me to Switzerland
>a replacement brake fluid tank free of charge to replace a questionable one I
>got from them; even though the original was shipped to Arizona and taken home
>in my suitcase.
>
>Frangois
>TR3A
>Lotus Elan Plus2 (oh yes!)