Maggie - 1960, 88, farm truck. Anyone know of a good Series specialist in Adelaide

[Kimsl70]

G'day all,
I'm currently restoring my 88 to work on the farm (read: not a bush basher, but more akin to a quad bike ) she will herd cattle, drag apple trailers around and the like. I am in the midst of ripping down her engine, and have been thwarted in changing the rings by a lip on the bore.
Does anyone know of a good machine shop in / around Adelaide ?

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Are there any telltale signs of knowing if the crankshaft bearing are oversized ?
Cheers
Kim

[gromit]

Are there any telltale signs of knowing if the crankshaft bearing are oversized ?


If you pop the shell bearings out the size will be stamped on the back.

You used to be able to get a 'ridge remover' for removing the lip at the top of the bore. Not ideal because the clearance between the piston & bore is increased due to wear but with a new set of rings could get you by for your planned use.
I hand scraped the wear ridges in a 6-cylinder motor but checked the bore top & bottom to determine the amount of wear.



Colin

[Cap]

Kim is that you from instagram maggiethelandrover?

[1950landy]

If you are not doing a rebore you need to remove the ridge other wise you could brake the top ring wten the piston comes to TDC when running.[bighmmm]

[Kimsl70]

Kim is that you from instagram maggiethelandrover?

G'day Carlos, yep this is me, one in the same. How's it going ?

[Kimsl70]

If you pop the shell bearings out the size will be stamped on the back.

You used to be able to get a 'ridge remover' for removing the lip at the top of the bore. Not ideal because the clearance between the piston & bore is increased due to wear but with a new set of rings could get you by for your planned use.
I hand scraped the wear ridges in a 6-cylinder motor but checked the bore top & bottom to determine the amount of wear.



Colin

Thank you, I appreciate the reply, I'll have a look at the shell bearings. They don't seem to have anything marked on them but do have some stamping on them. For the life of me, I cannot find a decode on these anywhere.
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[Cap]

G'day Carlos, yep this is me, one in the same. How's it going ?

All good here mate! You're in good hands on AULRO - lots of experienced owners on here.

[Dgd69]

Thank you, I appreciate the reply, I'll have a look at the shell bearings. They don't seem to have anything marked on them but do have some stamping on them. For the life of me, I cannot find a decode on these anywhere.
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Are they the early small bearings only used on first series2 2 1/4 engines from 58/61 engine number starting with 151xxxxxxx could be the original ones fitted

[Kimsl70]

Are they the early small bearings only used on first series2 2 1/4 engines from 58/61 engine number starting with 151xxxxxxx could be the original ones fitted

I think you've hit the nail on the head. The engine number is 15100139, so that may answer that question. I've purchased a micrometer today and I'll have a look at tolerances. Thanks for taking the time to reply, and the headsup, I really appreciate it.

[Kimsl70]

All good here mate! You're in good hands on AULRO - lots of experienced owners on here.

Cheers mate, so far they've been exceptionally welcoming and helpful.

[Kimsl70]

G'day folks,
As a follow on from yesterday, I measure Maggie's crankshaft today. I don't think she has been worked on at all. The crankshaft journals are all ~2.500 with the max deviation .004. The crankpin journals are ~2.125 with a max deviation of 0.002 respectively. On the winning side, the crank looks pretty good. I think I'm in a good place, I found bearing in the UK through Turner Engineering as well. Thank you for all your help and suggestions. It's been great.
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