I went in far enough for something in the front end, perhaps the
crossmember, to bottom out on the road. I can't say for sure that the
pothole did it, but I went into the pothole with one oil pressure and came
out with a noticeably lower one. My dad thought I was crazy for opening up
a perfectly good engine, but it was worth it for the findings. It just so
happened that I had scheduled a clutch change for that next weekend. So the
engine was out anyways. That coincidence saved me a lot of time and money
since I would have lost the engine over all of this.
james
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob D. <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: 31 March, 2002 11:37 PM
Subject: Re: Oil pressure/Pothole
> Wow, can a pothole really damage an engine bearing? I went over a trench
> across a county road that had only been partially filled in with gravel.
It
> was such a terrible jolt that my back was sore for several days. When I
went
> back to take some pictures of the "chasm", it was already paved over. I
> never detected any damage to the TD (not even the cheese-whiz alloy
wheels).
> My back got better also, but I'm still mad at the county for their gross
> negligence. I hope someone sued their ass.
>
> Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
> Email - bobmgtd@insightbb.com
> 52 MGTD - NEMGTR #11470
> 71 MGB - NAMGBR #7-3336
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