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1. Engine trouble (score: 1): Author: Roger Bonnick <R.bonnick@lancaster.ac.uk>; Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:47:12 +0100; Hi all, This is my first communication. I subscribed to the list shortly after acquiring an 1980 Roadster and have found the wealth of knowledge amazing. My technical and mechanical know how is I bas; /html/mgs/2006-08/msg00001.html (7,808 bytes)
2. Re: Engine trouble (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 16:26:25 +0100; Certainly sounds like a significant engine problem. A 'knocking' prior to failure does indicate to me more like bearing problems, and hence a major rebuild. On the other hand maybe it was a piston hi; /html/mgs/2006-08/msg00002.html (8,548 bytes)
3. RE: Engine trouble (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 16:39:41 +0100; Hi Roger, and sorry to hear of your disaster! Blue smoke is a sure sign of oil getting into the combustion chamber. My gut instinct on this one is a valve or valve spring failure. But a piston is als; /html/mgs/2006-08/msg00003.html (9,364 bytes)
4. Engine trouble (score: 1): Author: Roger Bonnick <R.bonnick@lancaster.ac.uk>; Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 16:41:54 +0100; Would this be a potential engine out or in situ job? Cheers Roger; /html/mgs/2006-08/msg00004.html (7,090 bytes)
5. Re: Engine trouble (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 13:13:45 -0400; I'm sorry to read that you have engine troubles. From the sounds you describe, the problem is going to require some wrench time, whatever it turns out to be. If the engine can be turned with a wrenc; /html/mgs/2006-08/msg00005.html (10,255 bytes)
6. Re: Engine trouble (score: 1): Author: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:59:43 -0700 (PDT); Roger Bonnick <R.bonnick@lancaster.ac.uk> wrote: Thanks, Paul. Would this be a potential engine out or in situ job? Roger, checking the valves and such is definitely done without removing the engine.; /html/mgs/2006-08/msg00006.html (8,014 bytes)
7. Re: Engine trouble (score: 1): Author: Jim Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>; Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 22:04:22 -0400; If you don't have the means to lift the engine out of the car, an alternative is to remove the crossmember to gain clearance. I did this once because I had to swap out a bent crossmember. I did not k; /html/mgs/2006-08/msg00008.html (8,052 bytes)
8. Re: Engine trouble (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 09:16:52 +0100; Hi Roger - you should be able to do everything I have described with the engine in-situ. Someone else has said you may have to lift the engine a little on its mounts (jack under a stout timber under; /html/mgs/2006-08/msg00011.html (7,531 bytes)
9. Re: Engine trouble (score: 1): Author: "darby@tri-lakes.net" <darby@tri-lakes.net>; Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 10:45:03 -0500; And once you remove the five front sump (oilpan) bolts, take them to the vise and slot the heads with a hacksaw. This way you can use a screwdriver to remove or replace them the next time without loo; /html/mgs/2006-08/msg00013.html (8,090 bytes)
10. Re: Engine trouble (score: 1): Author: yd3@nvc.net; Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 14:17:44 -0500; 1) Reduce the antifreeze level to 30% or better yet use water with an anti-rust & water pump lube. Unless you drive in the winter, 30% is sufficient for 90% of USA MGs 2) Make sure the grill slats ar; /html/mgs/2006-08/msg00016.html (7,143 bytes)
11. Engine trouble (score: 1): Author: Roger Bonnick <R.bonnick@lancaster.ac.uk>; Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:38:22 +0100; Thanks every one for the advice and encouragement, it has inspired me to attempt to sort this myself. With help and advice, of course! So far only had time to quickly check the rocker gear which seem; /html/mgs/2006-08/msg00024.html (7,774 bytes)
12. RE: Engine trouble (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 10:12:33 +0100; If it's a good deal, go for it, there's plenty that will be useful. Pretty much all the mechanical parts are the same, the engine will of course be useful, the only significant differences are the i; /html/mgs/2006-08/msg00025.html (9,103 bytes)
13. Re: Engine trouble (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 10:04:50 +0100; The most significant differences are the tin roof and the rubber bumpers ... but I suspect you had spotted them :o) There are quite a lot of significant differences in the engine compartment like eng; /html/mgs/2006-08/msg00027.html (8,709 bytes)
14. FW: Engine trouble (score: 1): Author: Roger Bonnick <R.bonnick@lancaster.ac.uk>; Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:03:02 +0100; Hi all, Bizarre update on my engine problem. After , what seemed like an obvious engine failure, the engine was stripped down it became clear that......it is completely undamaged, and everything is a; /html/mgs/2006-08/msg00162.html (8,608 bytes)
15. Re: Engine trouble (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:45:57 +0100; In what way did the valve gear become 'loose and rattly'? If you mean you suddenly had large clearances in the rockers, and the pushrods cam and followers are OK, then either the adjuster threads str; /html/mgs/2006-08/msg00172.html (7,875 bytes)

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