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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- Time to tear down the head, and oh what a mess we find!
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I don’t mind the music, better than some head banging stuff great show
Thanks. I try to grab music that compliments the action or chills out some of the franticness I felt trying to get things done. Sometimes I just come across a really great piece of music and want to share it.
So Bob, how many hours in real time did it take you to disassemble the head. It fought you tooth and nail the whole time! Keep on wrenching👍
I had 1 hour and 45 minutes of recording, but I didn't record part of it at the start, so I'm guess 2 to 2 1/2 hours total. Thanks for the comment and please subscribe if you haven't already.
Yep, a hardened shaft and the file would just skate across the surface.
Yeah... I suspect this shaft either wasn't hardened. I'll bet the engine was noisy as all hell while it was running.
you are looking at 2 known weak points in this engine 1) the rockershafts wear - as you point out lack of oil changes and adjustment 2) i think (but cant tell for sure) you have alloy rocker posts these do not stand up well over time - later engines went to steel posts - also i think you have later cooper s type (forged) rocker arms the originals should be pressed steel - if the posts are steel and the rockers are forged some one has played with this engine before
Hmmm... Now I'm confused. The articles I've read said the rockers started out as forged but were switched in later years to press steel because the pressed steel was cheaper to make than forgings.. As for the rocker posts themselves, definitely alloy/aluminum/pot metal, but they have pressed in bearings. The weird part to me is the rocker shaft itself shows far more wear than the rocker towers/posts... Can't remember if I did an internal diameter check on the tower bearing surfaces... I'll have to check that out. Thanks for commenting, and please subscribe if you haven't already.
@@BugeyeBob-zt6ne early engines with forged arms - its possible ive only ever seen pressed steel on the engines ive seen and forged on cooper engines in any event the forged arms are the ones to have (unless you want to go exotic) - if you can find a set of steel towers i'd use those the rocker shaft is fixed so there should be no wear in the towers i cant remember if there is an insert in there originally its been a long long time since i looked at an early engine
Thanks for the info. I'll have to double check the towers. I might be wrong but I thought they had pressed in bearings. I might have to get a whole different engine considering what this one has been through.
@@BugeyeBob-zt6ne do you have david vizards book "tuning the a series engine" that has lots of info - the block will take a pretty fair over bore (0.125?) -as far as i recall 1050 cc is possible using 998 pistons 998 pistons are available from Graham Russell Engineering prices in Aust dollars there are other sources Graham is the guru supplying some of the racing crews in the US and UK the rest is common to minis so mini spares or any of them can supply the only major issue to look for is cracks in the head and block
@@user-gl5kj1fm5x Thanks, I'll have to check out that book. I've got to get the block to a engine machine shop to see if it can be bored out or has to be sleeved. I suspect at least one cylinder will be a sleeve job so probably all of them. I've got several sources here in the US for engine parts It's going to be a while before I start worrying about the engine though, I'm still in the "tear the car apart" stage. Transmission is next.
Not wanting to getting into an argument with others but I don't mind the music accompaniment. Not too loud and rather innocuous.
Are you planning on having the head and block machined, and new sleeves?
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Not sure what I'm going to do with the engine just yet. All depends on cost to repair versus finances. If I was rich I'd be tempted to drop some monster engine in it. Perhaps something like this... th-cam.com/video/Z4WcDXftxKk/w-d-xo.html
Ummm...NO! I'll unsubscribe if you do!🤨
No worries... I'm doing all this on my social security so unless I hit the lottery there is no way in hell I'll have the money for the Hemi... And if I hit the lottery I definitely wouldn't do it.
Good video but the music is very annoying.
Thanks for the feedback. I try to mix it up in every video while keeping it subtle in the background. Is it the music I choose you don't like, or just the fact that I put in the background music?
@@BugeyeBob-zt6ne I'm hearing impaired. Music is fine, talking is fine, but both together make it hard to follow what you are saying.
@@BugeyeBob-zt6ne The music is unnecessary and distracting, plus not to everyone’s taste. Some intro music at the beginning and some at the end is all you need. Perhaps too when you are doing some fast forward sections when you are not commenting on the procedures. My thoughts but keep going you are doing a good job.
@@garethgoodchild2643 Thanks for the feed back. I've been using it throughout because of the fast forwards, and sections where I'm not narrating which happens quite a bit throughout the videos. Sometimes I use it to cover up hammering and other repetitive noise. The final edit software I use has an AI function in it to accentuate narration over other audio, maybe I need to tweek that setting a bit to push the music down more during narration.
@@ansomeBob The software I use for final editing has an AI feature that is supposed to push the music volume down during narration. I'll try tweeking that setting on future videos. I also need to speak more clearly at times. I occasionally start mumbling when things are going slightly bad, but not bad enough to make me start swearing...
Frog Eye cool little sports car. One point Bob please please cut this background music off.
It's a tough call on the music. Some people like the background music, some dislike it because of my choices in music, and a couple of people have mentioned having problems hearing narration over the background. I try to keep it subtle except for where the video has silence or the footage is speed up. The audio in the sped up footage can be extremely irritating and most people prefer it there. I'm still learning the editing software packages I use (Premiere Pro & Camtasia) so the videos will get better in the future as I learn how to tweak the settings.