<VV> Re: rebuild 140 engine noise (answer)

[Harry Yarnell]

Maybe I missed this 1st time around, but you can't crank the engine with the 
heads removed, unless you can come up with a rube method of securing the 
cylinders.

Harry Yarnell
Perryman Garage and Orphanage
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Kost" <vairmike at sbcglobal.net>
To: "VV" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 8:47 AM
Subject: <VV> Re: rebuild 140 engine noise (answer)


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> Michael Kovacs wrote:
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>>   My next question is:  Why the clicking noise when  I turn over the 
>> engine on the starter. I think I'll secure the left cylinders, remove the 
>> fuel pump and deactivate the ignition and see if I can duplicate the 
>> sound with the left head off.
>>
> I had a ticking noise one time that I couldn't find. I at first thought it 
> was a valve seat but after pulling both heads to check (and pulling a 
> couple of studs) I put the heads back on and still had a ticking 
> (clunking) sound while cranking. I finally pulled the engine (should have 
> done it to start with) and found the flywheel bolts were loose. You might 
> check to see if the balance is tight so that the fuel pump eccentric is 
> not wobbling.
>
> Mike Kost
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