[TR] what is the most stressful thing to do on a Triumph?

[Jonas Payne]

Last December while on a shakedown run, the harmonic balancer on my new AH
3000 engine broke at the woodruff key slot.  It then chewed up the
lockwasher and then dognut came undone.  

The dognut exited through the brand new radiator and then to the bottom of
the freshly painted aluminum cowl/shroud.  It also chewed up the end of the
crankshaft.

All told the damages were about $1,700 on the freshly restored car with 25
miles on it.

I am restoring a customers AH3000 now, and received the engine back from the
machine shop last week.  Out of curiosity, I pulled the damper, sandblasted
it and sprayed it with some pb blaster to look for any cracks.   It had a
crack at the woodruff key slot..................  I have recommended to him
that we replace it rather than suffer a similar fate.

Jonas Payne
PBR Consulting
702-882-6711

-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of ashleys
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 1:00 PM
To: 308gtsi at roadrunner.com; triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] what is the most stressful thing to do on a Triumph?

Hi!,
Fitting a rebuilt engine to a TR6.When running in at 2000 revs a bad harsh
sound coming from engine,oil pressure normal,not good so out came engine had
a good look at shaft,pistons etc no fault found.Went ahead and rebuilt
another TR6 engine only used rebuilt cyclinder head.While the block was away
getting rebored/shaft grind i spent more time to see what was causing this
strange sound.
Guest what,a simple fault was found.When i pulled this engine some years ago
i found that the short oil pipe fitted to the oil pump was loose at the lock
nut.When refitting the shaft and oil pump i did not check to see if there
was clearance between gauze and bottom of sump,so on inspection the gauze
had a flat spot and shiney,like wise the sump bottom had awee wear mark.
At 2000 revs the oil pump gauze was beating the sump like a drum- get the
drift.
I went ahead with the fitting of the replacement engine,now run in and no
such noise,a pleasure to drive.  I now have a rebuilt short block TR motor
for sale.

When rebuilding TR 6 over 8 years i had to by in [19] new inner panels,rear
and front panels ,rear deck,b posts,sills,not one panel was correct size,one
inner left guard was 32mm short in the arch area,my supplier told me that
the other 5 inner they had in stock were the same,the supplier didnt what to
know.I was given 40 UK pounds credit for me to correct,as for the other
problems,tough luck you get what you get.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Induni" <308gtsi at roadrunner.com>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: [TR] what is the most stressful thing to do on a Triumph?


> Most frustrating thing for me on ANY car I restore is crappy 
> replacement body panels! I haven't found one source yet that can 
> supply decent (I didn't say perfect did I?) panels that I don't have 
> to slice, dice, and reshape.
> Case in point - I ordered a rear valance for my '63 MGB from Rimmer 
> (figured it was close enough to the source to get it right) and ended 
> up having to totally reshape it to get the correct curve in it. No, it 
> wasn't just a little off - the curvature of the panel was so far off 
> that didn't allow the bumper to fit and I could stick my hand in the 
> gap between the boot lid and the edge. Dog legs, fender repair panels, 
> and so on - all the same crappy work.
>
> Seems to make sense to buy a shrinker / stretcher and make my own panels.
>
> Stepping off the box now...
>
> Brian
>
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