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timmo
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by timmo Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:47 pm
Sidney'61
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by Sidney'61 Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:06 pm
How odd
Andy W____________1961 2-door 948cc (Sidney)_____________1963 2-door 1275cc (Emily)_______
bmcecosse
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by bmcecosse Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:15 pm
Seems 'unlikely' !
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d_harris
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by d_harris Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:42 pm
IMHO its bull muck. There is no way in heck that that conrod and gudgeon pin could be going up and down in there without bashing the bore to heck.
Blaketon
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by Blaketon Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:48 pm
Well it is a Ford
. I don't see how something like that could go undetected. A friend has a VW Type 2 camper and that kept going when one of the pistons had gone (I think the crown had separated). Once he got it home, it was repaired.
d_harris
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by d_harris Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:59 pm
but, "kept going" is very different to Running smoothly
. I don't see how something like that could go undetected. A friend has a VW Type 2 camper and that kept going when one of the pistons had gone (I think the crown had separated). Once he got it home, it was repaired.