Finally found one

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Marc H. Johnson on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 10:54 am:

When I got my first car (31 A Coupe)in 64 we use to scrounge around for A and T parts in the boonies. I was also rebuilding engines part time and would hear the stories from the guys that drove them, when they were newer, that when the rod started knocking they would drain the oil, cut off a piece of their belt and put it in the rod,replace the oil and away they go;.
Well,after rebuilding 50-60 A and T engines over the years I finally found one. I got a 26-27 engine from a buddy to build up for stock and when I removed the cap on the first rod there was a piece of leather. When I removed the next two they each a piece of steel under the cap for shims/fillers. However the mains were real good with shims still left. I'll try to post a photo soon.
Has anyone else ever found fillers/shims under the caps?????????

Marc


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rick J. Gunter on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 05:38 pm:

Oh no--here we go again: pork rinds in the rod bearings, bailing wire holding parts together, and sand in the tires. They are not going to believe you Marc. There might be a chance if you post that picture.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bill Dodd in Adelaida Calif on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 11:34 pm:

I have a 23 Packard. When I dropped the pan to "tighten things up" I found cardboard between the bearings and rod caps AND filed rod caps! And the main bearings had the same refinement minus the file work. Sorry no pork in this engine..

Bill


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Adrian Whiteman, New Zealand on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 11:50 pm:

Well, here IS my 'baling wire' part found when I dismantled the rear brakes of Albert, my '26 TT. I did not have the heart to throw away the thought and effort that went into fixing this problem :-):





Well, it seemed to work anyway!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Neil Kaminar on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 07:11 am:

Hay works better than sand in the tires. My grandpa did that for his Maxwell driving home from LA to San Diego, probably in the late 20's. He was out of tube patches. My dad used one tire over another to extend the milage of a bald tires, probably in the mid 30's on a mid 20's car. The outside tire bead was not inside the rim. Bad idea as heavy braking would cause the outside tire to slide over the inside tire.

In about 1966, I used leather from a found sandal in the rear main of a Model A to get home to San Luis Obispo from Big Sur. The leaking oil was caught and recycled by pouring back into the engine.

Neil


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Grady Puryear on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 08:26 am:

Brings to mind a patch done during the War. A relative from Louisiana drove over to visit us in Texas, getting ready to go back home, he had a tire that would not hold air, no amount of patching on a heavily patched tube did any good. Solution? We packed the casing full of Spanish Moss, it worked, they made it home OK. Something else they did, they had saved their gas stamps for months for enough gas for the trip, salted it heavily with coal oil (kerosene) made the trip both ways OK, a bit smoky.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gary H. White, Sheridan, MI on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 09:44 am:

Rebuilt a VW engine back in the 70's that someone had dumped sawdust in the crankcase. After hand sanding the crank rod journals to get them back in round found they were a few thousands under biggest OS bearings available. A new crank was beyond budget. Heard some place of shimming bearings with notebook paper. So I did. Long story short, engine went in a VW jitney (van with sides cut out) driven for a while then sold to a couple guys who drove it from Detroit to Californy with no problem.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Chris Olsen on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 09:58 am:

The old Russian bikes used pork grease on the bearings. I burned out one of my final drive bearings on my first bike and the garage smelled like bacon for a week. @%$#& raccoons tore open the trash bag too. Boy were they surprised.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By A. Gustaf Bryngelson, Rupert, Idaho on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 10:47 am:

Cloth works better than hay or sand in a flat tire, but toilet paper will do in a pinch. I had a flat tire on my tail wheel on my T-Craft years ago on a Sunday in Eastern Idaho, and nothing is open on sunday, so I stuffed the tire with all the toilet paper I had (I always carried several rolls, they work as an emergancy wind sock wieh dropped from altitued, and are great for TPing friends house fromthe air) I wa able to make it home (bearing in mind that a flat tire is no problem at all when you are in the air)
Best
Gus


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