Scraping white metal bearings

[Ivor Hawkins]

I remember having a similar problem on one of my old Ruby motors, when I was a poor skint teenager and packed the rods with pieces of shim...I’m sorry to admit it, but it ran for another five years without a problem.

I suppose whoever has the car now will strip the motor, if they haven’t already and say what sort of booger’s did this? A skint one who drove the 30 quid banger to work every day!