Hey ya Mick good to see your back on the list. My little 1200 is coming
along slowly. Hopefully start it up in the next week or so. Then the fun
begins :) Thats after i weld the diff hehe. Is there still heaps of cars
gathering at Southport car park? I havent been to the coast in ages!! cya
Scott
Davo
-----Original Message-----
From: 1coach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, 02 March, 2001 13:46
Subject: Re: big ends NOT! plus fools
>Hey davo
>yes it really is me.. well spotted!!!
>I unsubscribed before xmas cos i was away working in melb and syd..
>when i got back i had huge problems with ISP's and its taken me till now to
>get re subscribed but hey its good to be back!!!
>Hows your project going? it should really fly with that engine..
>My yellow terror is going well but i haven't had to do anything to it for
>ages so i better start racing it again..
>good to chat c ya
>cheers
>Mick
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Davidson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 6:33 PM
>Subject: Re: big ends NOT! plus fools
>
>
>> LOL...Almost as bad as me when i ran out of fuel once. I somehow got the
>> jerry can too close to the battery when i was pouring a little bit of
fuel
>> down the carb. She sparked, jerry can went straight up in flames while
im
>> still holding it near the engine so i chucked it straight on the ground
>only
>> to splash back onto my leg. I rolled around a few times and eventually
>put
>> my leg out. Very stupid but i learnt a good lesson.
>>
>> Hey this isnt MicK Ralph is it? I thought u were off the list?? If it
>is,
>> welcome back!
>>
>> Scott
>> Davo
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 1coach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Thursday, 01 March, 2001 16:37
>> Subject: Re: big ends NOT! plus fools
>>
>>
>> >Speaking of jerry cans... Did u hear about the fool on the gold coast
who
>> >ran out of fuel in his sigma the other night?
>> >No probs tho cos he had a jerry can in the back - filling the tank was
>> easy
>> >but he was also smoking a cigarette. BAM!!!! he gets blown 10 metres
>> away
>> >to land on an ants nest.. The fire'ies come to put out the car and find
>him
>> >unconscious over there.... hehe it gets worse.. he survived the
>> explosion..
>> >he survived the ants nest.. But he got booked for unlicensed,
>> unregistered
>> >and over the .05 limit.. shoulda stayed in bed or the pub i reckon
>> >cheers
>> >Mick
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: "Tom Richardson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 2:06 PM
>> >Subject: Re: big ends NOT!
>> >
>> >
>> >> Errol,
>> >>
>> >> Green cans- you mean jerry cans right? he he he
>> >>
>> >> Sounds like fun ;)
>> >>
>> >> - Tom
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Errol Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 12:37 PM
>> >> Subject: RE: big ends NOT!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > In another life, (on the west coast of Tassie) we used to get on
the
>> >> green
>> >> > cans and have engine parties out bush.
>> >> >
>> >> > In an engine party you bring an engine drained of oil and sump
>removed.
>> >No
>> >> > cooling system is used. Set up a fuel can with gravity feed. Wire
the
>> >carb
>> >> > butterfly wide open, start the eng and take bets on how long the
>engine
>> >> will
>> >> > continue to run.
>> >> >
>> >> > Datto L16's were the best as they would sometimes run for up to
>10 -15
>> >> > minutes with a good really loose engine at the start. If the engine
>was
>> >in
>> >> > too good a condition they would usually seize up. Broken rings and
>> loose
>> >> > pistons work best. Usually the thing that stops them is that the
>piston
>> >> get
>> >> > so worn down (in what was a cylinder bore) that they slow down as
>less
>> >> > compression is available and they die.
>> >> >
>> >> > Other engine types never lasted as well as Datto L 16's. I have seen
>> con
>> >> > rods on engines without sumps glowing red as the rods run on the
>crank
>> >> with
>> >> > out bearings They also rattle/knock really well and make nice
sparks!
>> >> >
>> >> > Ford and Holden eights are not much good as the cranks break too
>> easily.
>> >> > Surprisingly a little fiat 850 engine was also a good long laster.
>> >> >
>> >> > Cheers
>> >> > Feral Errol
>> >> > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> > http://www.datrats.com.au/
>> >> >
>> >> > -----Original Message-----
>> >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bryce,
>> >Ashley -
>> >> > COMPAQ
>> >> > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 10:11 AM
>> >> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> > Subject: RE: big ends NOT!
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Half way through the Adelaide Rally the dato started making funny
>> >noises,
>> >> I
>> >> > drove home which was about 40kms. The lash pad had jumped out, broke
>> the
>> >> > collet, and dropped the valve into the piston. Sure it was noisey
>and
>> >> > smokey but it was still going and beats a $200 towing fee. When we
>> >> stripped
>> >> > the engine, number two cylinder had two extra holes where the
gudgeon
>> >had
>> >> > been swinging around, the entire piston was in the sump, my old man
>was
>> >> > following me and said he could see bits of piston spitting out the
>> >> exhaust.
>> >> > The head was mashed, valves without heads, and only a bent con rod.
>> >> >
>> >> > Dato's just about unstoppable
>> >> >
>> >> > -----Original Message-----
>> >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rick White
>> >> > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 9:21 AM
>> >> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> > Subject: RE: big ends NOT!
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Go the mighty Nisan.
>> >> > Nearly unstopable.
>> >> > Haa Haa.
>> >> >
>> >> > --- "rbamford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >> > > wrote:
>> >> > >
>> >> > >pulled the sump of and there sittin in the sump was about 1 third
of
>a
>> >> > >piston in about 12 pieces!
>> >> > >the funny thing is i drove it home the other night and it run just
>> fine
>> >> > >apart from the knocking!
>> >> > >the top of the piston must be intact, also no ring fragments in the
>> >> debris
>> >> > >tho did find a couple of pieces of the lower ring lip in the ruble
>> >> > >dam maybe i could have driven it round for another couple of weeks
>> >befor
>> >> it
>> >> > >let go completly...
>> >> > >maybe not!
>> >> > >cheers
>> >> > >ren
>> >> > >
>> >> > >dato 1000 coupe s
>> >> > >stock sunny
>> >> > >urvan (-1/3 piston)
>> >> > >bmw 320 (soon 2 go to replace urvan...damn)
>> >> > >
>> >> > >-----Original Message-----
>> >> > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Terry
Rudd
>> >> > >Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 8:47 PM
>> >> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> > >Subject: RE: big ends
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > >It's been done before, I wish you the best of luck. It depends on
>what
>> >> > >caused the bearing to fail in the first place, if old age etc then
>you
>> >> may
>> >> > >get away with it, if it's an oil gallery blocked then it's not
going
>> to
>> >> do
>> >> > >you much good, in fact you're likely to air-condition the block the
>> >next
>> >> > >time it lets go as there wont be the tolerances and the bearing
will
>> be
>> >> > more
>> >> > >likely to spin. I'm assuming from the way you're question is worded
>> >that
>> >> > >you're not intending to remove the head, so there's not much more
>you
>> >can
>> >> > do
>> >> > >other than try your luck out with just replacing the rod bearings
>> >anyway
>> >> > >with just the sump off.
>> >> > >
>> >> > >Terry
>> >> > >
>> >> > >-----Original Message-----
>> >> > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of rbamford
>> >> > >Sent: Tuesday, 27 February 2001 5:24
>> >> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> > >Subject: big ends
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > >I have this crappy old urvan on its last legs and it seems to have
>> done
>> >a
>> >> > >big end. Im half way through pulling the sump off and plan to just
>> >> replace
>> >> > >the big ends in the hope of getting a bit more out of the old dear
>> >before
>> >> > >she carks it for good.
>> >> > >Any comments as to the viability of such a move?
>> >> >
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