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Re: [Fot] Almost ready for Mitty, kind of almost

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Subject: Re: [Fot] Almost ready for Mitty, kind of almost
From: robertten1@aol.com
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:11:42 -0400 (EDT)
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 Marty,

Did you at least try cranking it over by key ?  Nothing visibly out of place
while under the bonnet ?

Best wishes,
Bob Totten


PS  by the way it looks like I may not have my car for the Mitty ( block still
at the machinist ), so thinking I may not go.






-----Original Message-----
From: robert bownes <bownes@seiri.com>
To: marty sukey <trmarty@hotmail.com>
Cc: FOT <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thu, Apr 19, 2012 10:04 pm
Subject: Re: [Fot] Almost ready for Mitty, kind of almost


With a bit of luck it's nothing catastrophic. Maybe belt broke and it was

the water pump...Or just your overactive imagination...



On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 9:25 PM, marty sukey <trmarty@hotmail.com> wrote:



> Just finishing up the final touches of a 7 month restoration of the

> Spitfire

> getting ready to head South next week. Down to the point of adjusting hood

> stops and stupid stuff like that. Ok, now the hard stuff. I THINK I JUST

> BLEW

> THE ENGINE TONIGHT #$^%&!!.  Actually had it running in the driveway and it

> was sounding fan frickin tastic, Playing with the carbs, timing, checking

> for

> leaks, all is right with the world. Backed it in the garage and blipped the

> throttle one more time and WIDE OPEN THROTTLE! Frantically stomped the gas

> one

> time to see if it would free up. I know that is not what I should have done

> first but in the spur of the moment that is what the brain told my body to

> do.

> Next reached up and killed the ignition.  Probably only ran for a second,

> possibly two max but it seamed like an eternity. When I killed the engine

> "something" continued to freewheel for about 3 to 5 seconds making metal

> rubbing sounds. After gaining my composure I put a wrench on the crank and

> it

> appeared to turn free, no out of the ordinary feeling. So I guess I start

> tearing into it after work tomorrow. Any idea what could have been

> freewheeling after the engine stopped? At least from the drivers seat I

> think

> the engine stopped, I would not thing the entire assembly could have kept

> spinning that long do you?  Oh, the cause, I did not have the transmission

> tunnel cover attached, just sitting there in the car so when I blipped the

> throttle the stop under the gas peddle hooked itself under the lip of the

> cover. Note to self, don't ever do that again. Marty

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