[DeTomaso] Engines running without major parts

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

When I was about 12 I built one of those large scale "Invisible V-8" plastic
engine models that had a little electric motor where the starter was
locating and it spun the rotating assembly, valves, etc.
Lots of fujn, but they left out the part about a degree wheel, etc., when
the time came for the real thing, it was like..."My model didn't have these
parts"....

Michael Shortt

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 2:40 PM, <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:

> To diagnose a noise in a flat-six Corvair engine, I once removed the
> cooling fan, shroud and upper valley cover, exposing the cam, lifters,
> pushrods
> and crank, then started it up. It was fascinating to watch all the part's
> motion while the engine was at idle. Things moved in ways I hadn't
> considered,
> and the lifters & pushrods rotated at maybe 50 rpm while going up & down.
> Oil
> spray was only moderate and you could see oil bleeding out of the sides of
> each con-rod and the center crank mains. I wish now I'd had a movie camera
> back then.... J DeRyke
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