Keith Wheeler wrote:
> 2) Exactly what fails in the 1500 engine? Everything
> I've read and seen says "lower end". (We've got a
> 1500 Spit with a nice con-rod out the side block
> in it.) Has anyone determined what is at fault?
> The crank? The big-end journals? The rods themselves?
Big ends wear, causing play, which causes rod stress,
which causes failure.
Also, thrust washers fall, causing motion and
stress and failure as well.
> Is this a prob that can be cured with some nice
> carillo rods?
New bearings every 30000 miles is an equally good
fix, probably for less.
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Trevor Boicey
Ottawa, Canada
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