1966 Spitfire - did I neglect her for TOO long?
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
- My Spitfire has been giving me heads up for a long time that something was going on, but I never found time to take care of it. Today I finally decided to pay the needed attention... but is it too late?
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I think merely slapping in new bearings would be a very temporary fix because of the scoring on the crankshaft. Needs to be ground and oversize bearings installed, for a more permanent fix. Especially since the timing chain needs replacement, too.
It's possible something has shed metal particles into the oil system, causing damage throughout. If the rod bearngs look like that, there's a good chance the main bearings do, too. A full rebuild is needed.
Looks like a stitch in time, any longer it may have thrown a leg out of bed.
The main bearings usually set the pressure and the rod bearings pay the price. Sorry and good luck.
sorry to hear of the problems you had with the spitfire if your going to go to the expense of building a new motor try to find a 1296cc mark 3 engine I use to race spitfires in SCCA and was a good friend of Lee Mueller who was a Factory Driver for Joe Huffaker in the day they both said the 1296 cc was the best spit motor ever I used to run mine up to 7500rpm all day long and never had any problems with it
Sorry to hear that the ones you started with are the last to get done, but you have to make a living!
Elin rebuild the original 1200cc engine from the car and refit it….. and maybe fit some more appropriate wheels from your Spitfire parts pile ? Wires would be great !
Nice little collection,not favorite color.but you owe them not me.nice to see your working on them.just keep doing what you do best.you gotta fix it ,no matter what.be safe 😎😎😎👍👍👍
Ouch.
Why not consider changing the big end shells and the oil pump with the engine in situ ? This was fairly normal practice in the 1970's to do periodically as the big end bearings wear. It is possible from underneath with the sump off, without resorting to a full rebuild. A set of shell bearings and the new pump would take you to winter and it actually may be all that is needed.
I do remember this being a fairly standard practice in the eighties. Many backyarders did not have the facilities to remove engines, so you worked as best you could, and left the engine in place.
@@achmadosman9807
not sure what you mean? I grew up in the 60's and 70's and remember watching neighbours pull engines out in their " back yards " garages and driveways... everyone had engine hoists or shared one... doing a in frame rebuild on a small vehicle or anything smaller than a Semi Truck wasn't " Normal " ...or practical...they rebuilt engines or repaired them if severe enough to remove..and they were easier then too... Hot rodding or Restoration of vehicles was going on everywhere in neighbourhoods or suburbs...doing it in frame is silly when you can do it outside with a few hours of removal ( or way less when you actually have done it alot... it makes it easier and better out of a frame and saves time actually... it wasn't Rocket Science to many ..
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Yup, I did rings and big end bearings of my Chevy 10 that way. Front wheels on the curb since I didn’t have jack stands. Lasted a couple of years. But Elin has options and will likely want to do a complete job. Those guys are not short of cars to drive!
@@edwardkendall3905 Also the rebuild makes another video.
So you think the low oil pressure wasn't due to the pump but instead the loose bearings? Or did the bad oil pump with low pressure cause the bearing damage?
What was that video about??
My Sat morning ruined.
I owned one of these deadly and dangerously handling, extremely cheaply made, poorly fitting, tinny, slow and underpowered 1200CC total pieces of junk. At the time, the Navy sent me overseas and while I was away, my dad, who hated my MG, forged my name and sold my beloved MGTD (another piece of junk really) and bought me a (I shudder to use the word) "spitfire." When I got back to the States, there I was, stuck with this piece of tinny junk.
What a total travesty of the honored name, what a terrible insult to history, how utterly stupid to call these trashy little cars a "Spitfire." Horrible and dangerous pieces of junk, there is no other way to describe them and it is no wonder that British auto manufacturing was soon was taken over by the Germans and even by the Indians. I worked at a foreign car repair shop right out of high school and let me tell you, the Fiat engines I overhauled had larger main and rod bearings than these horrible little engines had. There is absolutely nothing good, except maybe the styling, that anybody can say about these automobile abominations.
Don’t hold back mate 😂
Tell us how you really feel. You’re amongst friends and we won’t judge you.
Mr. Grumpy Pants sounds like he's having a bad day.
If I recall correctly, every Fiat 124 Spider would need a new crankshaft at 85,000 miles, no matter how well the car was maintained. I briefly had a Fiat 850 Spider... great handling car (as was the 124) with a gutless little engine.... no engine picker needed... just unbolt it, then bear hug it and pick it up yourself! A friend had another Fiat... I'm not sure of model... it was a nice looking and fun driving 2 door hard top, maybe a 130 or 131 or ?. I think it had the same engine as the 124 because, sure enough, the crankshaft gave up around 85K miles.
Today we have Fiat to thank for the 500... and for making Jeeps even more unreliable... and for Chrysler minivans... and for renaming Dodge trucks... and much more.
But my point is... you can pick apart any car maker. They each have their ardent fans, as well as their haters. And within each brand, there are models we like amd models we don't... each of us with our own picks. I always loved the Fiat X1/9, for example. And the MGA and Midget. Among Triumphs, well the Italia is one of the prettiest cars anyone has ever made... and the TRS LeMans cars inherited a lot of its good looks. But those are rarities... so the TR series from beginning to end all make me smile. I enjoy the Spit and GT6, too. I don't know enough about the Triumph sedans. And while the post-WWII roadsters (1800, 2000) are gorgeous... they just never felt very "sporty" to me!
@@Horsleyclassics I don't want to and will not use the worst kind of profanity, so I will indeed have to "hold back" for the sake of decorum.