RE: [Fwd: Stag Engine update from Andrew Burt]

[Richard Hudson <richard.hudson@domain.elided>]

Glenn

Funny you should mention the sand..

When I rebuilt my engine a couple of years ago I armed myself with a
very long screwdriver and a high pressure air hose and extracted a
handful, of what looked very much like casting sand, from the water
jackets...

Good luck with the new engine I'll bet that she sounds real sweet
now....

Regards

Richard Hudson
73 Auto White Stag..


	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Glenn Merrell [SMTP:gmerrel@domain.elided]
	Sent:	18 August 1998 03:47
	To:	List Stag Digest
	Subject:	[Fwd: Stag Engine update from Andrew Burt]

	Andrew Burt wrote:

	> > Hi guys
	> > Thought I would give you an update on the engine re-build
after all the
	> > input you gave me.
	> > The gasket blew without giving any temp gauge indication of
any problems.
	> > So on the strip down, the gasket job then turned into a
valve job as the
	> > exhaust valves were worn, these were replaced with chrome
plated valves
	> > (seems popular here in the US). The engine and gearbox were
pulled and
	> > cleaned, where out of the water jackets was scrapped/washed
a pile of
	> > cr@#, adding up to about the size to fill a crisp(chip)
packet This seemed
	> > to contain old gasket, alloy crud and what could have been
sand.
	> > The rad was rodded out and found to be quite silted up and a
new
	> > thermostat fitted.
	> > Now when assembled is running quite nicely, the temp gauge
is at a new
	> > position (seems higher than before) but I will mark this as
the norm. When
	> > re-assembling the carbs experienced some problems getting
the revs down at
	> > idle (running at about 1300 rpm and 7-8% mix) but fiddled it
down. Engine
	> > rebuilder wants to replace throttle links, so I will look to
see if
	> > Rimmers have a repair/rebuild kit.
	> > The head was torqued to 55 which seems to be the concencus
level although
	> > doesn't match the ROM which calls on 65 - any comments as I
will get the
	> > head re-torqued this week having got a few miles on it.
	> > Has the Stag digest moved again ? I have had a week away
from the PC and
	> > haven't seen any postings?
	> > Cheers
	> > Andrew
	> > _______________________
	> > Andrew Burt
	> > Marketing Manager - Digital Cellular Products
	> > Wireless Communications Business Unit
	> > Mitel Semiconductor
	> > URL: http://www.mitelsemi.com
	> > e-mail: andrew_burt@domain.elided
	> > Tel:  1 (408) 439 6074
	> > Fax: 1 (408) 438 6231
	> >
	> >
	> >