Recent content by Rokkern

Thank you guys for all the help ! I got the car up and running a couple of days ago, about 50 miles so far. And everything seems ok. I´m afraid to drive faster than 40 right now but I`m sure I`ll blow up some more parts during the summer. For now I`m just gonna enjoy !

Good advise thanks ! As the crank and rod is out of round I wanted to check a whole round. Never done the foil testing before. But yes, I guess you could force it round no matter how many foil layers you put it in, so it really is no point at continuing once it is locked. It did seem tight all...

Ok. Measured the rod babbitts. The one closest to crank looked good. Here's what I got. 1. No shim no foil. Snug fit, rod and piston where mounted on the underside of crank. Rod would stay in position i left it but move easily. At one point it would centre itself from gravity. 2. Put 3 layers...

The cap is in the same condition as the rod. Shot. No idea how many miles. Alot would be my best guess. These cars where beaters until 1961, when they opened up for being new cars in Norway. Norway where a really poor country post war and hot a lot of help from US at the time. This car is a...

Thanks for all the replies, this is great food for thought. I'm om my phone so will have to get back to the specific q's later. Going up to the garage now. I'm planning to use the foil method, i guess this will be easier with the piston off. I'm hoping to get the engine thru the summer yes, so...

I just read all the posts, tanks for all the advise. It's burning a lot of oil yes! I'm pretty worried about blocked oil passages. there was alot of bearing material in the pan. There where a lot of oil in the baffles, and If the oil supply to the rods where poor number 1 would let go first...

As you are my professional go to guys I just wanted to add some pics, let me know if you see something very wrong. Piston to the right is the piston that came out an are going in again. Any idea when it`s from? Would give me an idea of when the engine was done last time. It´s std bore. the car:

Haha, I dislike those oil threads myself. As long as I`m not doing something everybody is having trouble with I`m gonna call it good. Thanks and nno more comments on the oil please;) Yes I agree, the babbitt was probably already in bad shape with no shims It´s likely the clearance already was...

Thanks ! It looked as it was doable removing the rod from the underside. My head gasket is leaking quite a bit so I might still go that route, haven´t made up my mind yet. Good to know it´s an option. Could you explain what you mean by taking off the end cap ? how would that help with the end...

That actually make my feel a whole lot better than to think the engine has sat without oil for 50 years. The cam has a lot of spot`s but not so much wear. Still wondering if it is possible to remove the rod from the underside of engine?

Yes I meant play up and down, not sideways. All the rods have sideways play like normally rods have. 1,2,3 is tight up and down. 4 is 2mm up and down. Unscrewed the rod cap, no shims that I could see. So removing any is impossible. at 2mm of play that would be a lot of shims to remove and I...

Opened her up today. Rod number 4 had approx 2mm/0.0787" play in it. Measured by eye. No play could be felt at 1,2,3 or any of the main bearings. Also measured by eye (where workin in my fathers shop without my tools, the crank had somewhere between 2-3mm/0.0787-0.11812 of endplay, too much I...

Luckily my engine builder and friend here in Norway has done flathead bangers before. He has three in his shop as we speak! I had no idea because he's a mopar guy and I've only taken chevy stuff to him before, never talked bangers with him. He's doing a normal bearing conversion, f head...

The sound is there at idle too, I can make it worse or better as I drive by adjusting the timing too. I pulled the inspection cover for the clutch, everything looked ok, all bolts and nuts where there. I did also have a pretty big oil leak between engine and bellhousing. A few drops each stop...