This is a nasty subject around here, after just
getting the spit we found that a part of the air
cleaner bolt had gone to the #2 piston, cracking it
and a chunk of piston wall. So was the start of
rebuilding the engine. Learned the hard way about
having crank turned while we were at it. So this was
the start to the spitfire NIGHTMARE!
I hope your luck is better than ours. I would pull the
head and look at all the cylinders before starting it
again.....
Donald & Henry Stike
--- Greg Rowe <growe58@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >From: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
> >
> >If you mean the outer electrode had gotten smashed
> down onto the center
> >electrode, something hit it in the cylinder.
> >
>
> Thanks to Fred and Nolan for their replies. It WAS
> the outer electrode
> that was bent down and the consensus is that
> something hit it. Fred
> suggests that the piston made contact, but would
> that suddenly happen
> after thousands of miles and tens of millions of
> engines revolutions?
>
> The other thing (that I didnt previously mention)
> was that at the same
> time, I noticed that one of the non-stock bolts
> holding on my air cleaner
> housing had sheered. Does it seem possible that a
> small piece of the bolt
> worked its way in the combustion chamber, bounced
> around long enough
> to bend the spark plug electrode and then exited?
> (at least, I sure hope
> it exited).
>
> Greg Rowe
>
>
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