dougbgt6 Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 1 hour ago, watsona6 said: It’s amazing to see how much help is available on here for free, or for a bit of grilled bacon! Good luck with the investigations! Grilled bacon, mmmmmm Watson, I like you already. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rozentas Posted September 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 Just wanted to give an update. I have removed the engine and cut, off the rusty cross member, bonnet supports and bracing bars, then I degreased the engine bay. Unfortunately this process showed that the PO had painted over the yellow chassis with some one coat black paint as a lot of it came off when I washed off the degreaser. So I decided to strip the chassis back to bare metal and repaint it. In the process of stripping off the paint I found that the flange at the bottom of the bulkhead was rotten and also the flange from the floor pan which comes out under the bulkhead flange. Also found the sill cover next to the bulkhead was rotten. When I took that off I saw that the PO had put on new sills but not repaired the inner sill and strengthener which are corroded. I can see this from looking along the sill tunnel and also from inside the car where the PO has put some fibreglass patches between the floor and inner sill. I will start a new topic under the body work forum to discuss this further. With regard to the engine I am going to wait to strip the engine until I have repainted the engine bay and rebuilt the front of the car to get some space back in my garage, which I guess will take me several months. Here are some pics to show progress.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 Bacon ....Thats got Doug hooked last time we went to help we got the bacon fixed the vitesse then found he was not a member Bacon....can be a deceiving lure Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 Yikes previous owners have a lot to answer for , Good luck with unraveling the bodges....very unfortunate. Seems a good case of more reason to sell it than you have to buy it But youre on the case a nice car will re appear from the disappointments Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watsona6 Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 2 hours ago, Pete Lewis said: Bacon ....Thats got Doug hooked last time we went to help we got the bacon fixed the vitesse then found he was not a member Bacon....can be a deceiving lure Pete Ha I would be deceiving you right now! As soon as I’m hooked up with a motor I’ll be joining up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watsona6 Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 Sounds like you are unearthing quite a bit. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppy916 Posted September 6, 2019 Report Share Posted September 6, 2019 with all this unearthing going on, make sure you do all the earth straps up, or the beast won't start again, I must admit the bacon does sound very nice !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted September 7, 2019 Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 On 05/09/2019 at 18:21, Pete Lewis said: Bacon ....Thats got Doug hooked last time we went to help we got the bacon fixed the vitesse then found he was not a member Bacon....can be a deceiving lure Pete Sometimes a non-member with bacon trumps a member with no bacon, hands-down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppy916 Posted September 7, 2019 Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 Only if it has HP Sauce on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watsona6 Posted September 7, 2019 Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 Pimped out with bacon as the currency. Ha ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark powell Posted September 7, 2019 Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 says it all, really... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppy916 Posted October 14, 2019 Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 any updates Guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rozentas Posted October 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 Concentrating on getting the chassis painted then will get to the engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rozentas Posted May 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2022 On 13/07/2019 at 12:27, rozentas said: When I start my car I get the noise in the attached file. Would be grateful if anyone can advise what it might be. I have disconnected the alternator to make sure its not the water pump..........it is not. I took of each spark plug in turn......makes no difference to the noise. Regards, Steve Voice_002.m4a It’s been a while but I have finally found the source of the noise from my engine, pls see the attached file. I guess this is fixable and grateful for any advice IMG_0583.MOV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted May 22, 2022 Report Share Posted May 22, 2022 3 minutes ago, Mathew said: New shell if you were extremely lucky, looks like a trip to the machine shop! Spot on, I would try swapping shells from another journal, but with that amount of slop, chances of just new shells working is very very small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted May 22, 2022 Report Share Posted May 22, 2022 Im afraid that has gone too far and the crank will have been damaged. Putting another shell may well get rid of the play but the crank journal will no longer be in tolerance (only shown by measuring with a micrometer) and it'll fail again very rapidly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rozentas Posted May 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2022 So does that mean a new crank shaft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted May 22, 2022 Report Share Posted May 22, 2022 No the crank should be saveable by regrinding. It has to be removed and then the machine shop can access the damage and decide what undersize to grind to. Then new bearing shells of the matching oversize have to be used for the engine rebuild... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonMember Posted May 22, 2022 Report Share Posted May 22, 2022 No surprise that it's no. 3 but as the others have said, that looks like a regrind job at the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky_Spit Posted May 22, 2022 Report Share Posted May 22, 2022 2 hours ago, NonMember said: No surprise that it's no. 3 but as the others have said, that looks like a regrind job at the least. Rob, why is no.3 likely to suffer failure more than the others? I've heard this before and have indeed seen it in one of my own engines (an FD), but can't remember why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted May 22, 2022 Report Share Posted May 22, 2022 4 hours ago, rozentas said: It’s been a while but I have finally found the source of the noise from my engine, pls see the attached file. I guess this is fixable and grateful for any advice. Looking at the video again I cant believe you had any oil pressure when running - you saw 50psi didnt you? Definitely no problem with the oil pump😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonMember Posted May 22, 2022 Report Share Posted May 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Sparky_Spit said: Rob, why is no.3 likely to suffer failure more than the others? I really don't know, but every big end failure I've ever had on a Triumph was no. 3 and, as you say, this appears to be "well known" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonMember Posted May 22, 2022 Report Share Posted May 22, 2022 1 hour ago, johny said: Looking at the video again I cant believe you had any oil pressure when running - you saw 50psi didnt you? Good point - well worth a thorough check of the crank oil ways, as a blockage in there would explain both the apparently good oil pressure and the failure of the bearing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rozentas Posted May 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2022 2 hours ago, johny said: Looking at the video again I cant believe you had any oil pressure when running - you saw 50psi didnt you? Definitely no problem with the oil pump😁 Yes 50 psi, oil pump looks in good nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky_Spit Posted May 23, 2022 Report Share Posted May 23, 2022 13 hours ago, NonMember said: I really don't know, but every big end failure I've ever had on a Triumph was no. 3 and, as you say, this appears to be "well known" I think it is to do with no.3 BE being oil fed via the centre main bearing, and sharing the feed through the crank with no.2 BE. But why no.3 should suffer more than no.2 does, I don't know. I do know that my other "special" engine has the centre main dog-leg feed in the block drilled out by a few millimetres to increase flow. Nick Jones will know chapter and verse on this. NICK??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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