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Re: HELP: 1500 Endfloat Info Needed Quick

To: mgraziano@mindspring.com
Subject: Re: HELP: 1500 Endfloat Info Needed Quick
From: Dave Chu <dave@ece.concordia.ca>
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 15:38:03 -0500
In message <Springmail.105.1012076885.0.62078800@www.springmail.com>you write:
>All,
>
>I'm working on occasional lister John Gottstein's '75 1500.  He has a strange 
>rattle coming from the rear of his engine.  I checked the valve clearances (ok
>), compression (ok), and anything else that could be rattling.  THe last thing
> I can think of is that his thrust washer fell.  It's possible.  It would expl
>ain the chatter he gets when starting from a stop.  Anyway,  I'm off to pick u
>p a dial indicator (if I can get one), but John misplaced his 1500 book and mi
>ne's still in a box at the house somewhere.  Anyway,  if someone has a Bentley
> or a Haynes 1500 book and can offer assistance, that would be great.
 
  Hi Mike, the crankshaft end-float should be .004-.008 in (.102-.203 mm).  I 
  think if the thrust washer has fallen out, you wouldn't need a dial indicator
  to measure the end-float because it will be very obvious.

Dave                                                  |\ |     | |      
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Dept. of Elec. & Comp. Eng.                           |/ |     | |      
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