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[carbon]

82C is good choice, this is what I am using.

 

To test get a pan of water, put on stove, put thermostat in pan and switch on. If working the thermostat will open before the water boils.

[Dusky]

Well, mixture is set now. It finally stopped running on now ( wich could be because it was running a bit lean?) .

WIll test again next week. Mot in 2 weeks so needs to run a bit properly :/

[Dusky]

Hi all!

 

Stripped the engine after I got MOT.

This is what I found :

 

 

 

 

 

Now, the crank in this engine was badly damaged by the previous owner because he had an idler bearing break and all the metal parts trashed the engine.

SO when I bought this engine for a rebuilt, the crank was sent out to a machine shop here in Belgium, and I gave the guy my block too to install the crank ( he said it would be better if he'd install the bearings because he could get them to an accurate size. I must have been very foolish to believe someone on his word. Upon inspection now the crank was never ground, she's still at standard size. Would it be still grindable? As the damage / grooves are very deep.

Also, I would like to know if I could like 'sue' the guy of the machine shop? As he clearly just put the crank in with some bearings and made a quick job of it?

 

thanks for all the help you offer me, greatly appreciate it!

[cal844]

Hi all!
 
Stripped the engine after I got MOT.
This is what I found :



 
 
 
 
 
Now, the crank in this engine was badly damaged by the previous owner because he had an idler bearing break and all the metal parts trashed the engine.
SO when I bought this engine for a rebuilt, the crank was sent out to a machine shop here in Belgium, and I gave the guy my block too to install the crank ( he said it would be better if he'd install the bearings because he could get them to an accurate size. I must have been very foolish to believe someone on his word. Upon inspection now the crank was never ground, she's still at standard size. Would it be still grindable? As the damage / grooves are very deep.
Also, I would like to know if I could like 'sue' the guy of the machine shop? As he clearly just put the crank in with some bearings and made a quick job of it?
 
thanks for all the help you offer me, greatly appreciate it!

Take the engine to the guy and show him the damage

[KernowCooper]

Dusky - what grade of fuel are you using, and does the dizzy have vacuum advance?

 

I think Aldon Yellow has 12 deg of mechanical advance, with 99 octane fuel such as Shell V-Power you should be able to use up to 10 degrees of static advance but this really needs checked out properly on rolling road.

Correct the Aldon Yelow does indeed have 12deg of distributor advance which = 24degs of engine advance and I run 10degs at idle with the vacuum off and plugged.

[nicklouse]

Hi all!
 
Stripped the engine after I got MOT.
This is what I found :
 Without knowing the full story I would be careful.

As I would say that there is a good chance that some work was done but the oil ways were not cleaned. As the oil pump was not changed and that was dead. So some of the damage could be due to the knackered pump.
 
 
 
 
Now, the crank in this engine was badly damaged by the previous owner because he had an idler bearing break and all the metal parts trashed the engine.
SO when I bought this engine for a rebuilt, the crank was sent out to a machine shop here in Belgium, and I gave the guy my block too to install the crank ( he said it would be better if he'd install the bearings because he could get them to an accurate size. I must have been very foolish to believe someone on his word. Upon inspection now the crank was never ground, she's still at standard size. Would it be still grindable? As the damage / grooves are very deep.
Also, I would like to know if I could like 'sue' the guy of the machine shop? As he clearly just put the crank in with some bearings and made a quick job of it?
 
thanks for all the help you offer me, greatly appreciate it!

Take the engine to the guy and show him the damage

[Dusky]

 

 

Hi all!
 
Stripped the engine after I got MOT.
This is what I found :
 Without knowing the full story I would be careful.

As I would say that there is a good chance that some work was done but the oil ways were not cleaned. As the oil pump was not changed and that was dead. So some of the damage could be due to the knackered pump.
 
 
 
 
Now, the crank in this engine was badly damaged by the previous owner because he had an idler bearing break and all the metal parts trashed the engine.
SO when I bought this engine for a rebuilt, the crank was sent out to a machine shop here in Belgium, and I gave the guy my block too to install the crank ( he said it would be better if he'd install the bearings because he could get them to an accurate size. I must have been very foolish to believe someone on his word. Upon inspection now the crank was never ground, she's still at standard size. Would it be still grindable? As the damage / grooves are very deep.
Also, I would like to know if I could like 'sue' the guy of the machine shop? As he clearly just put the crank in with some bearings and made a quick job of it?
 
thanks for all the help you offer me, greatly appreciate it!

Take the engine to the guy and show him the damage

 

Hold on, knackered pump?

Everything was changed , engine got rebored to 1330, new minispares pump and the oilways were cleaned by my uncle before sending the crank/block to the grinder.

Got some pics of the pump that came out ( wich sucked up the idler) don't think that that pump could produce any pressure anymore..

[Spider]

Not sure what the consumer laws are in your parts but normally, you'd have to approach the grinder man first and (regrettably) he would usually have to rectify his faulty work and / or parts. If that's unsuccessful (either he won't do it or stuffed it a second time), then you may have recourse to have someone else repair it at his cost. If he just digs his heals in from the outset, then maybe the Gov. Consumer Dept maybe able to step in and help. I'd actually suggest you look them up from the outset just so you know where you stand, what your rights are and what his obligations are.

 

Key to this is a receipt for the work. Often the dodgy guys don't hand out receipts so they have a way of dodging around just these kinds of things.