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Got some good strong split washers which will do.

Thanks but did you mean BSF, never heard of BDF before.

I've got good axle u bolts but with somes nuts missing, anybody know the nut size?, also are the same nuts used elsewhere on the car, thanks.

I may have commited a crime but I needed another major engine part, the engine block for my restoration, a Triumph Herald 13/60 engine and gearbox came my way and was told was running okay some time ago apart from a water leak,it is more or less complete, yes I know it's a bit heavier but no more th...

As you can tell I'm not that familiar with engineering terms, sorry i should have said v blocks and a dial gauge which i think is the normal way a professional would check if things are straight .

My goodness this a debate, thanks for your input everyone and yes i got my own block back, also the cranks were not tested in another block , it's only a one man firm, i don't think he had any other A series blocks in the shop, i'm no mechanic but if it's not the crank, ( i watched the test) and not...

Core plugs are all in place,no sign of leakage, bearings were showing quite a lot of copper and the crank was oval, can't remember by how much.

Bought the car as a wreck, the engine would not start but when i took the head off the plugs were a nice coffee colour a good sign the engine was good, wrong, on strip down the bores and main bearing were shot, had the block rebored,bought a exchange crank (the first one) found the mains were ground...

No, that's when i knew something was wrong because i've been watching engine rebuilds on utube, you need both hands on the webs to turn this and it marks the front shell, anyone got a block for sale?.

Yes i've been looking around that area, i can see casting marks and ridges, as for cracks no but then again they could be tiny, the engineer who deals a with tuned mini engines from a local firm said it was a very rare but not unkown for blocks to do this, just had it rebored and honed too .

The crank was checked on two blocks and a dial guage on the centre by an engineer, i watched him do it, the shells were checked against the crank size that was okay so he put a streight edge on the block and a feeler guage did go down one side of the centre casting on the block showing it was out, h...

Had the crank checked and it's within tolerance, the shells match and the crank, I was told it's the block! centre bearing casting is slightly off and will need line honing too correct the problem.

Would it last once done or is it likely to move again and bind?.

It's could be 1.733 or 1.735 but it is sure not 1.7305, thank you very much for the info.

I have a slide gauge and they are 1.734in measuring top to bottom and side to side.

Just started rebuilding my 1098 engine, bought a reground crank and shells from a well known parts specialist, the shells match the size stamped on the crank which are +20 and +10 Casting has been rubbed clean with emery paper so no rubbish under the shells, oiled them well but when I lay the crank ...

Yes i've spent quite a lot of money on the engine but I had too because it was shot, so I wasn't relishing the idea of another ninty quid on a damper, I believe lightening the flywheel is beneficial from pickup and would improve the 0-40 mph time not because i want to use the higher end of the rpm m...

Hi all, just got my 1098 block back from the machine shop which is now 1132cc, had the flywhheel lightend and balanced must have had at least a kilo taken off, now the cost of this all is getting quite high, the car will only be used for the road revving to between two and five thousand rpm max, do ...

Okay thanks bmcecosse, you are always quick too respond to many questions on this site, i think the Lord has blessed you with much knowledge of the poached egg.

That's a thought but it would have to be a 998 cam because i don't want too fiddle around getting the new oil pump to fit, also i'm fitting a 1275 head so i only want the same lift as as a Minor cam.

Should read 1.353, 1.348, 1.348,1.350in, ....it's just that i've read some members have had problems with a change of camshaft, no elongated rings just a little pitting on the sides of three lobes.