Think Im going to be sick. brand new flathead siezed.

if you could explain how you would do that on a flathead ,Ron, i will gladly do it when i put this engine back together..

 

lowsquire,
think a little bit.

think of what makes the oil pump turn.



.....put the oil pickup in a coffee can of oil.

 

Again, thinking of the cyl wall wear, am I correct in that the cyl walls are oiled from a hole in the bearing end of the rod? That would explain the wear since you had no oil to the rods.

 

I think he had the stock pump, so no relief valve there; The actual relief valve in valley never saw any oil.

 

To clarify one thing that is hard to spot in the military full flow setup: The fitting that sends oil TO the filter has a sleeve on its lower end that passes through the oil gallery and blocks it from access, doing the same job that rodders do with a plug stuck horizontally into the passage. This means that no work is needed on block except for a simple hole drilled down from the port. The Canadian system used stock sized ports, making the lines rather small for the use...but I guess they worked, as that engine was the backbone of transport in the Desert war!

 

Any more news on this one Ben? Have you found some bearings yet?

swifty

 

Onto the conrod bearings locally swifty, really cheap! the mains I may have to import, as no-one local has any old stock ..
The Crank looks to be fine, will be polished and checked over today, see how we go on the Bore, So all in all Im hoping to still have the car driving by christmas. making the door cards and interior panels for the trimmer today.

 

sorry to hear about your problem, if you decide to use Ross pistons- "flatlander racing" has the best price that i have found. nice car by the way.

 

Sounds like its coming back together. Gonna be cool.

 

wow...just beautiful car ..great looking ...just read this whole thread ..sorry for ya loss of hard work..good luck with the re-build

 

have you tried automotive surplus in melbourn for engine parts they have alot of old stock if not pm me and i will give you a contact for big ends i just bought a set NOS ford script,

 

Piston compression ring end gap - 0.003" per inch of bore, minimum.

 

As bad as this is for you, this is a very interesting thread.

 

That is really interesting about the military vs civilian motors. What a shame though.

Your car is GORGEOUS!

 

Hahahahaha... a joke only the Aussies will truly understand. At least he didn't say Foster's.

Ben - Sorry to hear about it. It probably happened the day after I visited, so apologies for any bad luck that may have rubbed off me.

 

Have any pictures of the car?

 

Try this
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=408296

 

Mate,

Developments????

Danny

 

Why play games after all that effort and money, just pull it and see what went wrong and fix it. Play games and fuck it up more. been there 27 yeas ago, and i made matters worse... Best of luck

 

Dang you didn't have the time to read the whole thread?

 

Any updates on this?

 

I think there's some new info on lowsquire's other post on his '32.