Fellow listers, I finally (after 2 years) got my new engine in the car and fired up for the first time. It ran nicely and I drove it 2 or 3 times when I started hearing a noise. It sounds almost like
Sounds like it could be piston slap. Does it go away or get fainter when the engine is at operating temperature? If so, you are just a little out of spec. If it always present, the space between the
Sorry for the cross post between 'manufactures' but my Spit just went through ...like your description... a very light knock sound in the lower end. ...anyway.... I replaced the rod big end bearings.
That is the sound my engine started with the last time (yep there have been TWO occasions of this happening) the flywheel bolts came loose. One cause of this happening, on one of the occasionsl, was
About a year ago I told you that I never again would bore a 1275 out to a 1380. The sound you describe is exactly what mine sounded like. I hope the problem is not what I encountered. In my engine,
That's right, but I had it bored about TWO years ago :-) Gulp. Your symptoms sure sound like mine, but I have a hard time believing that anything flexes much in there AT IDLE. Also, other people have