What is the engine#? Sorry to hear of your issues. Are you rebuilding the
engine or having it done? Do you have a British Motor Heritage Trust
certificate? Otherwise could be hard to authenticate matching engine.
We,xwtfvc=
/ are here to help you source parts, provide advice and share horror
stories.
Cheers
I Erbs
IT Educator and Consultant
sent from smartphone, so what you read, may not be what I meant to send.
On Jul 23, 2014 12:50 PM, "Chris Scholz" <drscholz@visioncenterpc.com>
wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> My name is Chris from Muscatine Iowa--I bought my first Healey last
> summer--a
> beautiful 100-6, english old white with red coves and red interior with a
> non-original rebuilt engine. Car is in good shape but was running poorly
> in
> 2013. Found out the distributer and generator were bad, and there was some
> misalignment of the engine crank with the transmission. That was all
> fixed
> this winter and the car was running good this spring, except for an
> occasional
> spit.
>
> It quit on me last month, and was backfiring and wouldn't run. My trusty
> mechanic checked the compression which was low, and barely within normal
> limits. He did a leak-down test, and two or three cylinders are very
> poor.
> There is some black smoke on start-up. It appears that this rebuilt
> engine
> from the previous owner is wore out.
>
> I have the original engine which has a thrown rod. We are looking at
> overhauling the original motor and having the car be complete numbers
> matching. I will have a core motor for sale shortly, including the crank,
> etc, if anyone is interested.
>
> I am frustrated that I have to go through an overhaul, but will be excited
> to
> have the car run like it was designed. Transmission and overdrive are in
> excellent shape, so that is good news. Any advice is welcome. I feel the
> car is worth more with the original engine. We are not cutting any
> corners
> in the overhaul, since the rest of the car is in such good shape, we want
> everything as close to perfect as possible. Thanks.
>
> Chris Scholz
> 563-260-5067
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