The knocking from the oil pan sounds like main or big end
bearings.The water sounds like a cracked head or a bad head gasket.
...Art
On Fri, 15 Aug 1997, Matt Kulka wrote:
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> >>> Todd Mullins <todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil> 08/15/97 12:57pm >>>
> ...with the spare 18V
> slated for a rebuild Real Soon Now (balancing, porting, 9.0:1 pistons
> and a Piper 270 cam, since you asked)...
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> '74 MGB Tourer that needs bodywork, too
> >>>>>>
> Heya Todd (or anyone else who cares to answer),
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> My '74 looks like it's about to get the once over too - what with the
> water leaking out the head seam and that rapping noise coming from the
> oil pan. I've heard a few good things about that Piper 270 cam, and was
> considering throwing one in. I don't intend to change the pistons like
> you, but would the carb jets have to be changed to accomodate the cam?
> If so, is this an easy "you need needle X and jet Y" or is it a
> touchy-feely all-cars-react-a-little-differently sort of situation?
>
> (And for those who noticed, yes we did do the Charlotte/Chicago trip
> last weekend - knocking oil pan and all. Tennessee was pretty long,
> having to go around the landslide on I-40 and the constuction on I-81,
> but we had a great time. The North Carolina mountains and the Kentucky
> landscape are beautiful. The exhaust pipe continued to pull loose of
> the manifold, but it wasn't so bad that the floors heated up. Next time
> we'll allow more time and do it over a few days. Either that or rebuild
> the seats first.)
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> Thanks again,
>
> Matt Kulka
> '74 B - Not really a road warrior, more like a road delinquent.
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