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1. wrist pins? (score: 1): Author: miker15@juno.com; Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:57:13 EDT; y'know there are days when you think all is well in creation, all is with the world, you've got it sussed etc etc - and then there are days like yesterday........ On wednesday i picked up my 69 after; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00520.html (8,835 bytes)
2. Re: wrist pins? (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 10 Oct 1997 08:59:50 -0500; Ah, yes--Americans and British, tied together by an uncommon language. Try "gudgeon pins" or something like that. This is the doobie that attaches the piston to the connecting rod. Ya gotta take off; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00521.html (8,429 bytes)
3. Re: wrist pins? (score: 1): Author: Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>; Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:08:33 -0500; Wow. If he's right that is a hell of a mechanic! The crank spins because the connecting rods are levering the crank around. The connecting rods are attached to the piston and is what keeps the piston; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00523.html (8,963 bytes)
4. Re: wrist pins? (score: 1): Author: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>; Date: Fri, 10 Oct 97 10:20:26 -0400; The wrist pin is the pin that goes through the top of the connecting rod and connects it to the piston. You have to pull the connecting rod and piston to get at it. On industrial engines and Cat die; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00524.html (9,083 bytes)
5. Re: wrist pins? (score: 1): Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory); Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 10:25:38 -0400; Before you get into all that - Have you thoroughly checked the engine compartment for anything that might be loose or wobbly as the possible source of the noise? Just hate to see you tear down an alr; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00525.html (7,880 bytes)
6. Re: wrist pins? (score: 1): Author: "Vince J. Pujalte" <pujalte@stic.net>; Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:44:09 -0700; Wrist pin=gudgeon pin. The pin at the small (top) end of the connecting rod beneath the piston crown. Sorry. -Vince San Antonio; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00526.html (7,483 bytes)
7. Re: wrist pins? (score: 1): Author: "Vince J. Pujalte" <pujalte@stic.net>; Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:53:28 -0700; I am with you. That guy must be a great mechanic. Years ago I heard a story about a mechanic who had been working on an engine for a week trying to find out why it missed. A gentleman pulled in to g; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00528.html (7,837 bytes)
8. Re: wrist pins? (score: 1): Author: Art Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>; Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 11:33:55 -0400 (EDT); Under load could mean that your bearings are going. This would sound sort of like pinging when you are trying pull into your drive in 4 th gear. You know the sound I mean? As far as the wrist pins th; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00537.html (10,365 bytes)
9. Re: wrist pins? (score: 1): Author: miker15@juno.com; Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 11:57:27 EDT; Thanks to all that responded - six answers in three hours - is this list great or what!! seems we are all agreed that wrist pins are indeed gudgeon pins and are completely inaccessible without a tear; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00538.html (7,719 bytes)
10. Re: wrist pins? (score: 1): Author: Dwgwater1@aol.com; Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 12:55:33 -0400 (EDT); Could the pinging be nothing more than pre-ignition from a load of bad gas? Getting rid of bad gas is much cheaper than an engine rebuild and if the gas is left over in the tank from before the work; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00541.html (7,620 bytes)
11. Re: wrist pins? (score: 1): Author: "Tyson Sherman" <tsherman@tecinfo.com>; Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 12:08:24 -0500; Mine rattled like that (under load in 2,3,4 gears) because I changed the spark plugs to longer ones (incorrect ones were in at the time). Fiddling with the timing got it back to normal. You haven't p; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00542.html (7,612 bytes)
12. Re: wrist pins? (score: 1): Author: Teacher122@aol.com; Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 18:05:34 -0400 (EDT); << its an irregular sound as if something is loose and its a washer floating about on a bolt. So... i went to see a mechanic pal of mine last night and he had a look, listen and a scratch of his chin; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00552.html (8,234 bytes)
13. RE: wrist pins? (score: 1): Author: patti morris <mgj2@globaldialog.com>; Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 17:50:43 -0500; I don't know for sure about Bs since it's been a while since I had one but my MGA developed this nasty knocking noise from the engine...Swore it was something really nasty like a rod knock. It ended; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00553.html (9,901 bytes)
14. Re: wrist pins? (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 23:10:56 +0000; Not really MG-related, but when three-mile island had its little problem, the operators saw a drop in pressure due to a leak. After a few hours, the pressure stabilized, not because the leak had sto; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00579.html (8,765 bytes)
15. Re: wrist pins? (score: 1): Author: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 17:41:40 +0000; Mechanical cooling fan? Check the rubber grommets on the four fixing bolts haven't perished allowing intermittent metal-to-metal contact. PaulH.; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00682.html (7,507 bytes)

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