The Red Green Machine

[PaulF]

Oh dear, that rod isn't going to be a pretty sight!

[Nevyn72]

Oh dear, that rod isn't going to be a pretty sight!

Who wants to pitch in so we can get a commiseratory T-Shirt?

[bruce]

You can buy a switch that says 'send that rod to God'.

[hamx5ter]

I REALLY wish this forum had a reaction option like netrider does... that was hilarious! knock knock

Sorry to hear about the car GM. Hope you have it back on the road soon.

[greenMachine]

Should anyone need to do a similar diagnosis.

Measuring tool (patent pending)


No4, washer flush


No1, washer floating high, 6mm by my vernier calipers - though the actual measurement is pretty irrelevant ...


The difference in depth leaves little doubt about what is unseeable atm.

[greenMachine]

Updating this thread ... engine has come out, and engineless car is now sitting on my car trailer ... because my hoist has finally taken the viagra, and has risen from the horizontal!

The posts are up and bolted, I have to check the balancing cables, fill the hydraulic reservoir, put a plug on the end of the motor cable and install the arms on the carriages. I was surprised at how fast the big rotary hammer drill was able to drill the holes, I would have been happy if I could have got a bolt in each post by knock-off time, but we got them all in and torqued down.

As a bonus, I now have my two go-jacks back, as well as couple of axle stands. I really need to start selling off my collection of axle stands, I probably have two sets of the small ones, and one set of 3-tonne high lift ones surplus, I'll keep one set each of the tall and short ones.

This week the focus will be on finishing the hoist installation, and then I will turn my attention to getting the SE engine onto the stand and lifting the head.

Heads up, I'll be listing the SE turbo including intake and exhaust manifold and dump, together with a second turbo which was my spare.

Progress!!

[greenMachine]

Hoist is up, need to fill the reservoir with hydraulic oil and put a plug on the pump motor. Installed the arms, what a bugger, a second person would have been a help but the real problem was getting the big pins in through the last of four fine tolerance holes, and it is almost impossible to sight the alignment of pin and hole. Took me a while to get the first one in, the others were easier but not by much.

The head came off the SE engine easily, not a lot to be seen. The good news is that there are no marks on the top of the No4 piston, no missing bits of metal, no lumps or holes in the cylinder wall (that I could see), the crank turns easily with no noise. So why did the rod bend? Maybe prior abuse set it up well before I bought it?

The head went back on, and the bare engine is now at Mania for checking and rebuilding with all the good gear. I am assembling all the remaining bits, and doing prep work like porting the Junk2 TB to the new (old) flat top IM. Thanks Lokiel for the tips on cleaning up the IM.

We seem to be having a rat problem here - I opened the garage door only to come literally face to face with a big rat - don't know who got the biggest ! Poor thing, might be hungry, so I put out some more of those green pellets they like so much ...

Speaking of pests, the mud wasps will build muddy nests in pipes, bolt holes, anything, even a socket I left out! So I have been carefully plugging all the hose ends and the like in the car and the bits I have lying around (oil cooler, hoses, etc so that there are no nasty surprises when it all starts going back together again. As much as practical is going in plasic storage boxes with close fitting lids, very useful to protect and keep things together.

[bruce]

A mouse built a nest in the valley of my v8, neatly hidden under my supercharger. Used my spring grabber thing and some air to blow out lots of singed grass and rubbish.

[greenMachine]

Oh dear, that rod isn't going to be a pretty sight!

Pictures without words ...

[ManiacLachy]

So this was the one Mania posted! Hang on to that bad boy and put it on the trophy shelf

[bruce]

Another offering to the Horsepower Gods.

[greenMachine]

Yeah, apparently another couple in there, but this one is the star!

Will definitely go in the black museum, there is a bit of competition there but I reckon this takes the prize!

[Jeo]

That is impressively bent. Good effort!

[Lokiel]

The quality of the rod speaks for itself - if it were made from "Chineseium" (sp?) it would never have bent and you'd be looking at a completely new engine.

Definitely a keeper for display purposes.

When I got my engine rebuilt, my OEM MSM rods came out all straight - guess I wasn't "trying" hard enough

[Roadrunner]

Offt thats a decent bent! Very lucky not to have it snap and go through the block.
Any closer to determining a cause?