[T3] Ok, its apart!

[William Jahn]

Are you talking about cam end play? As far as piston skirts I can't recall
if that noise went away or not. If not most skirts should not slap they
should be a close fit just enough to allow oiling. The only time I had
piston noise was on a 69 Ford Van 302 V8 I bought from my father. The noise
was worse cold yet never went away fully warmed up. He overheated it once.
I didn't do anything about it until it had 250,000 miles and one day a
valve burned. Then I decided to overhaul it. Found all 8 pistons had the
inner skirts cracked . I was amazed they didn't come off. I didn't hear it
on the coast just on acceleration.

On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 5:30 PM Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:

> Well the 2056 is apart and my worst fears are realized, What I was afraid
> Id
> see.
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> NOTHING WRONG!
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> cam and lifters look fine, lifter bores look fine, nobody ever figured out
> why the lifters werent rotating with the last build but not a problem here,
>
> Cylinders have maybe a LITTLE scuffing,nothing serious, barely feel it with
> your fingernail, little or no scuffing on the piston skirts,
>
> if the pistons had enough slap to make the engine sound like a diesel,
> wouldnt you see scuffing on the piston skirts?
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> The ONLY thing I didnt like is that the appears go have about .012 end play
> in it, would that get it slapping around in there?
>
> There is a problem with these motors cam end play hitting the oil pump, but
> i have a T1 oil pump in it...  shouldnt be an issue.
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> Sigh!  Little more that I can do but put a newly bored set of cylinders and
> new pistons in it, ones that have been fitted correctly and hope for the
> best,
>
> I really cant find anything I dont like, I havent split the case but im not
> going thru that ordeal if nothing appears wrong in there...
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> Keith
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> Topnotch Restorations
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> topnotch at nycap.rr.com
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> http://www.topnotchresto.com
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> 71 Squareback  "Hothe"
> 65 Notchback  "El Baja Rojo"
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> 93 RX7  "Redstur"
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> 13 Subaru Outback "Blendin"
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