Correct. My bad - tired. Back to prying on crank pulley with big lever as I did on my engine, movement was over 1/8th inch.
On 2010-03-15, at 8:56 PM, Jim Muller wrote: > On 15 Mar 2010 at 20:02, Robert Rutherford wrote: > >> Alternately with handbrake on, engage clutch in first gear, stop engine >> to observe crankshaft pulley to engine block gap. Restart engine and select >> engage clutch in reverse, stop engine and observe crankshaft pulley to engine >> block gap. > > Please, why would this show whether the thrust washers are okay? > Fore and aft thrust of the rear wheels is taken up by the traling > arms at the rear, and depressing the clutch pedal presses the > crankshaft forward in both cases. So why should the selected gear > make it different? > > -- > Jim Muller > [email protected] > '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+ > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation $11.47 > Archive: http://www.team.net/archive > Forums: http://www.team.net/forums > Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spitfires/[email protected] _______________________________________________ [email protected] Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual donation $11.47 Archive: http://www.team.net/archive Forums: http://www.team.net/forums Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spitfires/[email protected]
