Alec Pringle Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Amazing. Well done that man ! Cheers, Alec Quote Link to post Share on other sites
simonjrwinter Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 I maintained 24 miles per gallon overall. Don't tell people that! there are guys on here getting less than that on 6 cylinders. You know what'll happen now..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Well I never doubted the engine would make it intact, but it seems the driver has too! Are his ears ringing from #5? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bnw Posted May 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 My "silencer" hose took care of that. You could only hear the phish phish phish at idle, toll booths, or bouncing back at you off city street curbs. On the road you couldn't hear it. Being a TR, you couldn't hear much of anything! As for the MPG, no wasted fuel on # 5, enough power to cruise at speed. I'm sure it will go down after the cam is replaced. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 And, well done that car! John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ragtag Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Well done, true 'western' adventure of the old school Any pictures of your heroic mount? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
88V8 Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Removed # 5 spark plug, left the wire on the plug and snaked it between the distributor and the head in order to ground the plug and keep the spark from seeking a new path in the distributor cap. Excellent. A journey to remember. The thing with the detached plug is real attention to detail, would never have crossed my mind. Ivor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Don't tell people that! there are guys on here getting less than that on 6 cylinders. You know what'll happen now..... - and BNW's gallons are smaller too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Moltu Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 Got to say, if the cam is that worn, what are the in-block cam bearing surfaces like? The block is likely to be in need of the cam bore re-bored for bearings, cylinders rebored etc. etc. It's going to be an expensive rebuild whatever, so why not try driving it slowly home? Not much to lose? But 1500 miles @ 60mph = 25 hours straight of driving! Take a week off, bnw! Good luck! John You can't really infer cam bearing wear because a lobe has worn - the cam lobes and followers are the bits subject to the high forces rather than the bearings. High lift after market cams along with poor quality followers can result in cam lobes being worn down quite quickly wheras the cam bearings float on a film of oil under relatively even loads and can last a long time. Obviously bits of cam sloshing around in the oil are not good but the filter will mop up much of that before it gets to the bearings, however the cam lobes are splash fed so will not appreciate a basting of oil & iron filings! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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