Absolutely. Count me in.
Ken Gano
kengano@advant.com
Tom O'Malley wrote:
>
> Dan writes...
> >
> >Greetings, listers,
> >
> >I have retrieved my car, and it is now sitting in my garage. I was able to
>get
> >the hood open (after rather draconion measures - of which more later), and I
> >drove it home.
> Snip...
>
> >ITEM 6: when the car left here, each cylinder had between 150 and 170 psi
> >compression. Now, the compression checks as follows:
> >
> >#1 = 155
> >#2 = 50
> >#3 = 25
> >#4 = 145
> >#5 = 170
> >#6 = 35
> >
> >Putting oil in the cylinders raised the compression around 5 - 10 psi each. A
> >check of the valve clearances showed zero on the exhaust valves for the low
> >cylinders, and very little or zero on most of the others as well. I haven't
> >done a thorough check yet, but it appears that somehow the valve clearance
>has
> >decreased across the board. Any one have any ideas as to why this happened?
> >How much damage do you think I am looking at?
>
> Snip...
>
> >One thing did upset me quite a bit, though, about the hood episode: someone
> >tried to use a screw driver to pry the hood open. In the process, they
>scarred
> >up the scuttle and the right fender, and the screwdriver slipped and carved a
> >4 inch gouge in the top of the hood, clear to bare metal. That's going to
>cost
> >me a quite bit to get repaired, hoping I can get the paint to match without
> >having to do the entire front end.
>
> Snip...
>
> It certainly was incredibly generous of Dan Masters to loan out his
> TR6 for Leon's east coast tour. Given all the free help that Dan
> provides to this list, perhaps we could set up a fund to help him
> defray some of the repair costs.
>
> Cheers!
> Tom O'Malley in Southbridge Massachusetts
> '74, '77 Spits
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