OK, so tell us how far that sucker squirted oil! Sure is an easy way to
empty a crankcase, just messy cleanup!!
Whats the matter? I got mine down to a nice 50'ish reading. Took a while,
but it's just fine now. Going to the owners place tomorrow! Even got the
miserable DGV to work OK.
Cursed, Paul A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson@thicko.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>; <team-thicko@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 6:19 PM
Subject: the Paul A curse
> Well, I did a couple of things externally to my back up race motor,
dropped
> it back in with just starter & oil lines, etc.
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> The f'r will crank to well over 100 lbs oil pressure on the starter.
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> My machinist buddy (who also owns a 71 Midget, and old Jaguar, and a few
> other things) came over.
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> We can't figure it out. So, I'll yank the motor, and we're bring it to his
> shop where he's got a gizmo that pressures the block with oil & a gauge,
and
> see if we see anything obvious with the pan off, before I take it back
> apart.
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> FYI. this was a collection of parts, never had been together in this form,
> and put together fairly quickly. Crank was nitrided & polished, and
bearings
> plastigauged. Oil pump was out of my other race motor. had 1 session on
it.
> Tried 2 different oil relief valves, including one that had been in a 40
lb
> pressure motor.
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> I'm blamin' Paul A.
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> Wm. Severin Thompson
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> wsthompson@thicko.com
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> www.thicko.com <http://www.thicko.com/>
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