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Ah....Frank?

Is the result of the cover removal a secret or something?

This is as bad as waiting for Geraldo to open Al Capone's secret vault.
 
Brosky said:
Ah....Frank?

This is as bad as waiting for Geraldo to open a
l Capone's secret vault.
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<span style="color: #990000">No it's not. You didn't REALLY believe
Geraldo would find anything, did you? jejejejeje
We saw THAT con job a mile away!!

Frank will find something.

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It's the TR termites that got into Frank's engine, progressively eating away at whatever it is that they like to eat. These gremlins (not the Studebaker Gremlims) are well known for wreaking havoc where-ever they can.

All I can say Frank (as encouragement), get to know the gremlins you can deal with and then you may be able to better resolve the mystery.

Have you ever thought of writing a best-selling mystery intrigue all about this event. If not, you had better start right now. The whole TR world is anxiously waiting for you to finish Chapter 24 so we can know you did it and what penalty the guilty culprit will have to pay.
 
Is he gonna make us wait until next season. Bad As a Dallas cliff hanger show
 
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And a frog placed in a pot of water on the stove won't jump out and will eventually boil to death. Hmmm, are we all like a bunch of frogs?
 
Or maybe like lobsters ? If you watch the toaster, will the toast pop sooner ?

C'mon Frank - The suspence is killing us. So is the intrigue !!!
 
Just letting you know, I've checked in again. Hey, I'm patient. Can
understand how it must be. Don't mean to add insult to injury.

A thought has come to me, though. You might be able to charge per episode.
Defray costs.
 
Maybe he doesn't know how to tell us this whole thing was just a dream....? :laugh:
 
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This has been a real PITA and has caused a lot of lost time BUT we avoided having to remove the timing chain cover.

These flywheel bolts were special order grade 8, ordered with the flywheel. They have an area just below the head which is un-threaded which helps to index the flywheel with the rear crankshaft flange. Our theory is that during engine assembly this was not detected because the interference was small enough and motion slow enough that no material (aluminium) had yet been plowed from the bearing housing. Literally years later, when the starter spun the engine at high speed the material began to build up. This continued until we eventually reached a point that we could not overcome even with approx. 1000 lb-ft of torque applied.

Another interesting point, you may have noticed that this is an alum. flywheel which is approx. .070 thicker at the bolt hole than a conventional cast iron unit. So, had we used a stock flywheel, there would have been significantly more interference and we would have discovered this problem immediately and during engine assembly.

Live and Learn.
 
Was it the bolt "bottoming" in the hole that was causing it to stand proud or is the bolt head thicker than the other bolts?
 
The bolt was too long. That is, the shank of the bolt measured from under the head to the end, was longer than the others causing it to protrude through the back of the flywheel and interfere with the back of the engine (at the aluminum rear seal.

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Oy, are you going to be able to salvage the rear plate?

Good detective work though, to bad you had to disassemble the engine to find it. That turn and gradually get tight was a puzzler.

That's one you won't forget.

Steve Spangler
Lancaster PA
71 MK IV "Jehu"
Now in it's 25th year of ownership
 
Oy? Is that amish? :jester:

I have not seen the damage but have been told that the gouge is in a non critical area? e.g. outside surface :confuse:
 
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