<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">At least you found the problem!<div>Dave Connitt <br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 16, 2020, at 3:46 PM, andrew uprichard <auprichard@uprichard.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Story: freshly rebuilt engine on a newly-restored TR3B. Great pressure at start up but once the engine warmed, it fell like a stone. Tried a new oil pump, replaced the oil filter head – still no luck.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">So I finally found the problem. When I plastigaged the rod bearings today I realized they were wrong. The crank is obviously not the standard crank I thought. However the mix-up occurred (probably too many cranks being handled at the same time) it was clearly my fault for not plexigaging the bearings before putting them on. I thought I had, but we’ll have to put it down to a senior moment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thank you all for your suggestions!<br><br>Andrew<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><span>** triumphs@autox.team.net **</span><br><span></span><br><span>Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html</span><br><span>Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs http://www.team.net/archive</span><br><span></span><br><span>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/dconnitt@fuse.net</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>