Affirmative: the PO did the previous "tune" job.
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> From: Peter C.[SMTP:nosimport@mailbag.com]
> Reply To: Peter C.
> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 11:21 AM
> To: Dean Rayner; spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: 1147 Pistons
>
>
> Um, gents, I hope you have since adjusted the timing from being too
> advanced and the mixture from being too lean.
> Peter C
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> At 09:17 AM 4/25/2000 , Dean Rayner wrote:
> >
> >on 25/4/00 1:28 pm, Banbury, Terrence at Terrence.Banbury@dnr.state.oh.us
> >spoke forth:
> >
> >>
> >> Back in the mid '70's I had a Mark III 1296 rebuilt. After he had torn
> down
> >> the engine, the rebuilder asked me if it ran before I brought it in. I
> said
> >> yes, it ran fairly well, Blew a little oil, but since I had the rest of
> the
> >> car torn apart I thought I'd just do the engine. He then handed me one
> of
> >> the old pistons. On the side, there was a big gouge about the size of
> a
> >> dime and a section of the some of the rings was missing! We bored it
> out a
> >> little and rebuilt it with oversized pistons. Ran great. Makes me
> wonder
> >> what my current Spit pistons look like?
> >
> >
> >I rebuilt the engine on my MKIII last summer and every piston was worn
> like
> >that. 2 or 3 'holes' on the sides of each piston. It ran OK though!!!
> >Still good for 80mph. Burnt a little oil!!!!!
> >
> >It makes you wonder how bad it has to get before total failure!!
> >
> >Dean Rayner
>
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