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What about if the oil pressure is very high?

I put a new oil pressure relief valve and spring in and when you drive about at decent engine speeds its running at 75 to 80 psi.

Could that be forcing oil past the side of the rear main and so past the seal?

Best regards,
Eric.

Hi,

The crank vents are the open pipe type on the front tappet cover and the pipe on the rocker cover that goes to the air filter box (cone type filter.

Not tried running the engine wthout the cap on, will give that a go before I pull the engine out just in case.

Best regards,
Eric.

Hi all, I need help! I have put a good original engine in my traveller, the only work I did to it before I fitted it was a reground crank and bearings, new oil pump, new timing gear. The bores, pistons and rings were standard and well within the wear limits (bores had no wear), so they were not repl...

Thanks for that, I'll check it when I do the engine swap, it a new distributor in my old engine so that should be ok.

Regards,
Eric.

Thanks for that! :D I have been looking at the rings and checking for wear in the piston grooves and they are WELL within the limits......... top comp ring play 0.015mm all lower rings 0.010mm the book says 0.051 to 0.102 I still have a bit of a large gap between the ring ends when fitted but as I s...

Hi, heres a pic of number 1 piston, the dish is 6mm deep, so is it low or high comp? Although the bores have no wear I have just checked the ring gap when fitted and it is 0.90mm the book says the gap should be 0.178mm to 0.305mm so I am going to get new rings and may as well get pistons too so the ...

Hi, Yes it does have the cylinder type front tappet cover, I will take a pic of the pistons today and try to post it on this thread, so someone can tell me if they are low comp or not, they are dished but they are not that deep. It would be a shame to have to put new high comp pistons in as the engi...

it does have "soup bowl" pistons! but it is standard and has the "H" in the number, and I just found this site page with loads of info and if it says "H" it is high, the "V" seems to stand for a closed circut crank breather (I thinK). http://www.mgcars.org.uk/...

But its got the "H" so thats means high comp does it not??

Please tell me its not low comp!

I dont want to put a low comp in, my old ones a high!

Regards,
Eric

Thanks for that!
as I suspected but I needed to hear someone else agree that makes me feel better.

Thanks again for your help.

Regards,
Eric.

I just wondered if it was out of a van or something like that, but you are right it does not matter really I'm just happy to have an engine thats not banging its bearings out and has almost no oil pressure! lol

Hi all, I just got a new (excellent used) engine for my traveller and wondered if someone could identify what it was originally fitted in and how old it is? I know its a 1098 as it has the 1100 tag on the side and the correct head and bore size etc etc, the engine number is....... 10V/189E/H 7130 Th...

Hi, Thanks for the reply, I do intend to fit a new oil pump too, forgot to mention that. I just took another look at it and I cant see that having the timing gear fitted would make any differance to the play, I might not have described the movement very well. it has movement between the gear on the ...

Hi all, I just bought an old 1098 engine off a friend to do up and fit in my traveller (old engine well and truly worn out!), I have stripped it and very pleased at what I found, all standard, and no wear on anything! :D its an excellent engine overall. I am just going to put new rings (if it needs ...

Hi all, Has anyone had any dealings with a guy in Heathfield, East Sussex who buys and sells Minor parts (engines/gearboxes etc)? If anyone has any info it would be a great help for me. Regards, Eric. Important: This relates to an ongoing investigation so please contact Eric via pm if you have any i...

Thanks for the help and info chaps, I'll have to get my son to sit in with me and use his gps thing, I dont keep up with tech stuff, with a bit of luck it will now be spot on as a few of you have found .

Best regards,
Eric.

Hi all, I just fitted a 3.9 diff to my traveller (its great!) but now I dont know how fast I am going. My car is a 1963 with standard everything except for the 3.9 diff, the diff that came out was a 4.2 to 1. Can anyone tell me what my speeds will read on the standard speedo please, I need to know w...

Hi all,

Can the hinges on a traveller rear doors be adjusted? I thought they might have off set cams inside or something, I need to move the doors in a little bit.

Thanks and regards,
Eric.

Thanks for that Chris, I'm off to an autojumble on Sunday so I'll fill the boot up on the Daf with 3.9 diffs! lol

so does that mean theres no tag or stamp on the casing?