- 1. Bad Sound (score: 1)
- Author: "Ned Smith" <smithn00@kitepilot.net>
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:57:22 -0400
- I took the Healey out yesterday and put fifty Interstate miles at near 70 mph. Seemed to be running fine. Oil pressure starts at 60 and goes down to 42 at operating temp. Water temp is under 190. Tod
- /html/healeys/2006-04/msg00259.html (7,982 bytes)
- 2. Re: Bad Sound (score: 1)
- Author: bspidell@comcast.net (Bob Spidell)
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:23:53 +0000
- Check if you've blown an exhaust manifold to downpipe gasket. This can happen suddenly and can make a sound like a loud tappet or even something in the gearbox. You'll only hear it with the engine r
- /html/healeys/2006-04/msg00263.html (9,218 bytes)
- 3. RE: Bad Sound (score: 1)
- Author: "Len and/or Marge" <thehartnetts@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:51:56 -0700
- Ned: Loose crank shaft pulley? Reach down and grab the fan belt near the pully or the fan blades if the fan belt is not too loose. Push and pull. Is the pulley moving on the crank shaft? If so, it is
- /html/healeys/2006-04/msg00265.html (8,931 bytes)
- 4. RE: Bad Sound (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael salter" <msalter@precisionsportscar.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:37:55 -0400
- Hi Ned, It may be a loose front pulley. Grab the fan and see if it rotates a few degrees taking the front pulley with it. (You may need to press down on the fan belt to prevent it slipping on the fan
- /html/healeys/2006-04/msg00266.html (8,639 bytes)
- 5. RE: Bad Sound (score: 1)
- Author: "Ned Smith" <smithn00@kitepilot.net>
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:26:12 -0400
- I've tried to move the crank pulley. It doesn't budge in either direction. I have adjusted the valves again. Is it safe to run the engine like it is? Ned Smith BJ8 near Chattanooga, TN N34.98 W85.5 H
- /html/healeys/2006-04/msg00278.html (7,783 bytes)
- 6. RE: Bad Sound (score: 1)
- Author: "David Porter" <frogeye@swcp.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:55:06 -0600
- If the noise is truly in the front and it's not a loose pulley, then it's likely that the cam shaft retaining bolt has come loose. That will make a pretty good racket. I suggest you get a mechanics
- /html/healeys/2006-04/msg00280.html (8,638 bytes)
- 7. Re: Bad Sound (score: 1)
- Author: SJNNOCK@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:42:02 EDT
- Ned ... Take off your fan belt and see if the noise has gone ... Norman Nock
- /html/healeys/2006-04/msg00288.html (7,054 bytes)
- 8. RE: Bad Sound (score: 1)
- Author: "Quinn, Patrick" <Patrick.Quinn@det.nsw.edu.au>
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:04:27 +1000
- G'day Norman Perfect practical advice. Just the sort of thing an Australian would do - You sure you weren't born here? Hoo Roo Patrick Quinn Sydney, Australia Ned ... Take off your fan belt and see i
- /html/healeys/2006-04/msg00324.html (8,063 bytes)
- 9. Re: Bad Sound (score: 1)
- Author: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@JoiMail.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 20:14:14 -0700
- i am getting ready to track down a knocking sound that come from the front of my engine, also. i suspect the crankshaft pulley is loose, even though there is no visible movement. it only occurs when
- /html/healeys/2006-04/msg00334.html (7,398 bytes)
- 10. Re: Bad Sound (score: 1)
- Author: "Rich & Holley" <rahhy@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:12:00 -0700
- I will submit my experience with "bad sound" in our '60 BT7. At the Open Roads meet at Lake Tahoe a couple years back and while on the event rallye, we experienced a marked decrease in power while as
- /html/healeys/2006-04/msg00343.html (8,202 bytes)
- 11. Re: Bad Sound (score: 1)
- Author: TRICARB@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:02:35 EDT
- I had a big knock when the engine warmed up. I finally found that the timing chain cover was bent in. When the chain connecting link expanded it hit the inside of the cover. This was difficult to fin
- /html/healeys/2006-04/msg00364.html (7,200 bytes)
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