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>From: "Randall Carpenter" <carpe003@maroon.tc.umn.edu>
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>Subject: '72 Westie engine teardown
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>I bought a '72 Westie for restoration a week ago and the itch was too much to
>resist. I had it towed (ran only 'kinda") into my garage and there it sits,
>calling my name. So I go out this morning saying to myself, "just pull the
>engine". Well I pulled the engine in about 30 minutes and there it sits at my
>feet. From looking at the outside it is obvious something nasty has happened.
>The poor 1600 has been cooked. The fried oil is all over the place. The spark
>plug hole covers are curled up and hard as a rock. Well I'll just pull some of
>the external stuff. Carb comes out, distributor, intake manifold, generator and
>fan, support stand, fan shrouding, exhaust manifolds (damn), muffler (damn).
> Since I went though all this work I may as well pull the rest of the tin off.
>The worst of all was the top shroud over the cylinders where the slot screws are
>set into the top of the head. I broke two heads off and mucked the slot up so
>bad on the other two Mr. Hacksaw had to finish the job (damn). Well since the
>tin is off I may as well pull the heads. Right away I find some more nasty
>stuff. Oil is cooked on to the lower third of the push rods so hard it looks
>like asphalt. I think that might be bad. I pull the heads and they actually
>don't look too bad, #3 looks a little pitted.
> Well since I'm this far, pull the cylinders. I can still see the cross hatch
>honing pattern on the walls. I can also see some light scoring on #4. I see
>some more serious scoring on #1. I look at the piston and the rings are seized
>in their grooves and how. All three are flush with the side of the piston.
>That must be bad too.
> About this time the wife peeks over the fence in back and starts in on me. "I
>knew you couldn't leave that thing alone. I knew you were going to tear it
>apart." The problem is I can't tell if she's pissed or not (damn). About then
>my neighbor shows up, shaking his head at my scene. Makes a few references to
>"pieces of junk" and then informs me that I probably wouldn't get as dirty if I
>washed off the engine first. Oh yeah? This from a guy that rebuilds Triumphs.
> So now I have a torn down engine in the back of my Westie and I will probably
>get the head exchanged or rebuilt and then proceed as the bread allows (not to
>mention Mrs.). I know there are a few readers in the Twin Cities area. I would
>like to know where they get their machining and the like done. I checked out
>Dune Buggy Supply and they seemed reasonable if not a little busy. They also
>had a cool collection of bones out back that got me thinking (that's bad).
>Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.
>
>
>Like my Mama always told me, "If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun."
>Randy Carpenter
>carpe003@maroon.tc.umn.edu
>'72 Westy
>
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