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By RedRooster · Posted
Not what I was doing more like the height I was doing it. -
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By Escadrille Ecosse · Posted
Need to restock on oil filters for the Scimitar. It uses the same GFE121/22/422 as fitted to the MGB and MGBGTV8. Current variety fitted is a TJ/QH which wouldn't be my first choice to be honest but the premium GFE22 Unipart filters are NLA. What would other recommend as a reputable brand? -
By Escadrille Ecosse · Posted
@JohnD to avoid sidetracking Egret's thread to answer your question... "An aside: When I offered advice to egret, above, I tried to attract his attention by addressing him with "@egret", because when others do this the characters appear in the post in a blue cartouche, AND they get a 'notification', like that when someone quotes you. But it didn't work! How is this done, please?" Type @ and then start typing the name of the person you want to highlight and you will get a drop down list of individuals whose address starts with those letters. Do not put in any other characters, like the comma at the end of the name, or any spaces. If necessary wait until the dropdown appears so you can select the right recipient. -
By Escadrille Ecosse · Posted
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Bejasus, what were you doing? Forging some railway line , or was it woodworm?
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All, An aside: When I offered advice to egret, above, I tried to attract his attention by addressing him with "@egret", because when others do this the characters appear in the post in a blue cartouche, AND they get a 'notification', like that when someone quotes you. But it didn't work! How is this done, please? John
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By Escadrille Ecosse · Posted
@egret asduming you are using the standard Spitfire single row chain then the camshaft gear is reversible so you can get within 1/2 a tooth. If it is a long way out then I doubt that it is a measurement problem. More likely a problem with the bolt up of the cam gear. But anyway. Regardless of what method you use you need to first set the engine to TDC with the timing chain OFF. Then with the chain still off and the timing gear losely bolted to tje cam so you can turn it easily set the cam to rock with the feeler gauges as per the manual. Then remove the cam gear put the chain on and hold the cam gear against the to see if you can get the bolts to line up to within half a hole. If not then rotate it 90 degrees in the chain and try again. Still out try another 90 degrees. If this doesn't get you close enough then remove the cam gear and turn it over, ie the face that was as the back is now at the front. Try to line up the bolt holes again. You should be within a half tooth of 'perfect'. This is the way I have done it many times with feeler gauges before I had the dial gauges. Personally I'm not keen on using piston stops through the plug, especially with the stop angled as it is on the Spitfire as it is very difficult to feel accurately when the piston contacts what with all the friction in there. The best/approved way is with the head off and a dial gauge on the crown of the piston. But as neither situation applies to you using the key on the nose of the crank will close enough here. I have never seen one that isn't close to spot on. -
Thanks for the suggestions. A spirit level did cross my mind, but couldn't work out a way to "zero" it given the car was on the wonk slightly. I didn't realise taht such items existed relatively readily availably. @Escadrille Ecosse lining it all up like figure 61 is the bit that started all my doubt here. When I do this as best I can (engine in, bonnet on), it appears that it won't get close to this at all. One tooth either way leaves the crankshaft some way away from the indicated TDC. Maybe my engine and pulley arrangement are similar to this: http://mgf.ultimatemg.com/Triumph_Spitfire/Cam_timing/index.htm but that example seems a fairly extreme amount out. Hopefully I'll have a piston stop made by this weekend so I at least have TDC known to a reasonable accuracy. Then hopefully feeler gauges/ rocker rattle method will give me camshaft position accurately enough that I can get it started again. At which point I might take up @mpbarrett offer of the timing light to set the meagjolt advance. Then I think it just needs an oil change and some miles to make sure anything that's going to rattle loose does it before the rolling road!
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