• Hi Guest!
    You can help ensure that British Car Forum (BCF) continues to provide a great place to engage in the British car hobby! If you find BCF a beneficial community, please consider supporting our efforts with a subscription.
    There are some perks with a member upgrade!
    **Upgrade Now**
    (PS: Subscribers don't see this gawd-aweful banner
Tips
Tips

I can eat 50 eggs.....

Share this page

G

Guest

Guest
Guest
Offline
or so I thought when I began to tackle the tear-down on this TR3 engine. I feel like Paul Newman having that last egg pushed into his mouth. This thing is killing me. This engine must have seen service in a war zone somewhere, or received zero service on itself. Even though the crank turns, the gears are all spinning and no valves are burnt, the inside looks like it might have a bunch of miles on it. The hardest part so far is to get the block up on an engine stand, will use a come-along on a ceiling joist to accomplish that. Speaking of engine stands, I had to go out and buy a new one, found one at Jeg's that was rated at 2000lbs and folds for storage (since I have none). The critical bolts holding the rotating plate on this thing are less than a #2 rating, went out and got all new hardware and welded the frame up myself to strengthen it up. What do you want for $99 (China). If anyone ever does me a favor again by dropping something off at my door, it better be money. That offer by some of you out there to take possession of the unmolested A-type overdrive unit is looking better and better. Now, how many stamps would that take?



Bill
 
Re: Stamps... I can eat 50 eggs.....

I found a couple S&H Green Stamps under the carpet of my TR4 when stripping the interior. Remeber those? I wonder how much they're worth now?

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif
 
Re: Stamps... I can eat 50 eggs.....

We could use an annual award on this forum for "Best starting thread title" - this is definitely a contender. I still can't get rid of the image of Newman and that last egg!
 
Re: Stamps... I can eat 50 eggs.....

[ QUOTE ]
I found a couple S&H Green Stamps under the carpet of my TR4 when stripping the interior. Remeber those? I wonder how much they're worth now?

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif

[/ QUOTE ]
List them on EBay...someone will buy them! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazyeyes.gif
 
Re: Stamps... I can eat 50 eggs.....

Bill,
How big are your ceiling joists? Be careful not to overload one.
I have a Ford FLathead V8 hanging on a China engine stand. It's never failed. That engine weighs as much as a big block dodge.
 
Nobody can eat 50 eggs! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nonod.gif
 
I am shaking the bush boss. It actually might take a small cardboard box and a couple of dozens stamps to get that tranny to Seattle, but just let me know how many you need and I will mail them to you.

Sp53
 
Cudos to Strother Martin and the line:
"What We Got Here is a failure to Communicate",Boy (I Believe)
Truely one of the best movie lines ever!
One that I'd like to use when I cannot find a replacement part.... Such as an original exhaust manifold for my 4A Hint, Hint, Hint !
 
Back
Top