03-09-2017, 05:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-09-2017, 05:43 PM by Ruairidh Dunford.)
I totally agree with new bolts - I have quite a collection of old ones now.
My only personal experience of split pins in this area resulted in an impromptu sump removal on Appplecross campsite around 10 years ago - I had not built the engine and was using it as the crank had broken in the original just the week before.
The car developed a ticking near Kyle of Lochalsh whilst leading a convoy of around 20 Sevens, I stopped the engine quickly - turning on the handle produced a squeak every 4th turn. We removed the windscreen and pushed it into the back of Hayden Morgan's LDV camper van. Once back at the campsite, with sump removed I was able to extract a piece of split pin jammed in the oil pump.
Finding the pictures has reminded me that it was 12 years ago and those who remember Ray Stevens and Den Huke will see them below.
My only personal experience of split pins in this area resulted in an impromptu sump removal on Appplecross campsite around 10 years ago - I had not built the engine and was using it as the crank had broken in the original just the week before.
The car developed a ticking near Kyle of Lochalsh whilst leading a convoy of around 20 Sevens, I stopped the engine quickly - turning on the handle produced a squeak every 4th turn. We removed the windscreen and pushed it into the back of Hayden Morgan's LDV camper van. Once back at the campsite, with sump removed I was able to extract a piece of split pin jammed in the oil pump.
Finding the pictures has reminded me that it was 12 years ago and those who remember Ray Stevens and Den Huke will see them below.