GRrrrrrrrrrr

[V8ian]

I have been working on my boys Mk1 Escort, Everything was going ever so well, so I decided to rebuild the 711 short block that has been in the shed wraped up in plastic, The only reason I have kept this engine and disposed of a couple of others, is the bores are 30+ and mint, so good that I bought a set of Powermax Forged pistons to fit, turned over the engine, and pulled the Big ends, absoloutly mint, no marks or scoring, undid the Mains, all went well untill the centre cap, the bearing has spun in the cap. wiping out the Block and Crank,

I have found the reason for the damage, the cam keeper plate has broken up and obviously some of it has got into the oil, in fact the keep plate is in two pieces and the largest pit is about 15x20mm, so it has had plenty of shrapnel floating about in the engine

[escort21]

That shit Ian ...sure you'll get another easily with your contacts

[v6pop]

V8in,reminds me of a problem I once had,long story but when I striped the engine down I found the previous owner had fitted the crank thrust bearings the wrong way round (white metal facing block!),totalled the crank and block.

[alladdin]

i bought a non runner chevete once, guy said it was ok before he changed points. tow started but engine rocking like a good un. when i stripped it , it had 3 pistons.... one was missing completely !

[pelvins]

bummer

[Rick]

V8in,reminds me of a problem I once had,long story but when I striped the engine down I found the previous owner had fitted the crank thrust bearings the wrong way round (white metal facing block!),totalled the crank and block.

 

im paranoid now, does this apply to the crossflow? i dont remember checking such a thing when i rebuilt mine

[V8ian]

crossflows are normally fairly bullit proof, of course they suffer from wear and tear, just the same as any engine, I have never seen a cam retaning plate break up before, and I have built a few in the past, the thing that used to kill the x/flows was the old type cam followers with the small heads, the heads on these followers used to break up on a regular basis

[mk1mexico]

Gutted for ya mate. Who was it that had the car from an auction and it had a wooden piston

[Chris!]

wooden piston

 

really?

[105Nick]

My 1300Gt was mint and had 30 thou rebore recently before I got it, which was surprising as the rest of the motor was a bodge, except that there was moss in the sump