Re: [alfa] Runes on the liner

["Frank Smith" <alfafan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes you can on #1   ......BTDT.....DiFatta sold me one about two years ago
so they probably have one that they would sell you.....is that a great
supplier or what?....did you forget the circlips on that cylinder?....good
luck
Frank Smith
69 1750 Spider
72 GT JR
Cockeysville, MD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Giller,Bruce C." <bgiller@domain.elided>
To: "alfa-digest" <alfa-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 8:35 AM
Subject: [alfa] Runes on the liner


> On Sunday, David Tallerico helped me pull the head off my '73 GTV to
> replace the leaking headgasket - the leak was between #3 and #4 cylinder
> on the exhaust side.  However after inspecting the headgasket, we could
> not see why it was leaking - the suspected oil passage O-rings were all
> in place and whole.  Now I'm wondering if the headgasket wasn't leaking
> at all but the cam cover was and the oil flowed down to the headgasket
> seam and pooled there for all to see.  The oil then got onto the exhaust
> manifold to cause lots of smoke.
>
> Also found out that when I put the timing chain on, the master link was
> not situated between the two cams at TDC #1 cylinder but somewhat past
> that point.  My thoughts were that I've got more work to do when
> reinstalling the timing chain. So when the head was removed, #1 cylinder
> was half way down.  And I just had to look at each of the liners to see
> how shiny and smooth they were.  And I had to look at #1.  And I had to
> see that it was a bit more than shiny and smooth.  I had to see that
> there are two .5" wide grooves worn into the liner walls - you can catch
> your fingernail on the sides (and on the striations in the middle).
> This was not good since the engine was rebuilt about a year ago or so
> with all new pistons, liner, etc.
>
> The grooves are opposite each other and are aligned with the crank.
> The deepest groove is toward the front of the engine.  They end about 1"
> from the top of the liner (if my memory serves me well).  My conclusions
> are 1) that the wrist pin assembly was floating in the piston and each
> end would impact the liner at different times, 2) the con rod was not
> oriented correctly WRT the offset.  Any other ideas?
>
> So it looks like I'll have to pull the liner to put in a new one, put
> in new rings, and maybe replace the piston.  But my real question is
> that isn't it true that one can do all this on #1 cylinder just by
> removing the lower oil pan to gain access to the con rod bolts?
>
> And I'll need to find someone who will sell me a single liner and
> perhaps a Motronic piston.  I've only seen them sold in sets of 4. I'm
> going to use Hastings rings which sold per piston.
>
> But at least I found out why my engine was smoking a bit after only a
> few thousand miles on a complete rebuild.
>
> Bruce
>
> '73 GTV
> '86 Spider
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