hey now, well, on the way to work the exhaust screw on cylinder #3 came out again. it's happened before but i managed to screw it back in. now i don't have my tools with me...was working on the '77 westy today. ACK! i've got flame shooting out of it and it's making a horrible racket. i managed to find the screw. i'm going to try and get it back in at break...BUT if i can't, will it harm the engine to run it without the screw? i drove the final 5 miles to work without it. the engine has just been rebuilt and i don't want to harm it. i noticed that it was hotter then normal around that cylinder but the rest of the engine seemed cool enough. and i just checked the valves and set the ones that were a bit loose. i don't think this has anything to do with it but could it?
you help is greatly appreciated! jonathan
"The meek shall inherit nothing." -Zappa /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ "And 100,000 tons of steel, made to roll the brakes don't work and this grade's too steep, Her engines sure to blow" '96 PrissyKAT (Ms.Marley) jonathan edwards '74 Retrowestie (Rumba) '77 Westy(Misha) raleigh, nc '90 Taurus (FOR SALE) '76 Fiance(DaWoman) /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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