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Thanks - that is a relief. I was planning to replace the big end bearings, and while it is open I might as well put in new ones for the big ends, I guess. I can't really further specify the noise since I don't know what it was... Hopefully I will hear an improvement after these replacements, but...

Thanks - that is precisely what I did. I pushed it all the way back and measured the gap at the rear of the crankshaft, then pushed it forward and measured again. I get a value that way, but it is not very accurate - either way, it clearly seems more than 0.006 in and I wonder how much of a...

Hello everybody - this is a question regarding a 6-cyl engine in a 1974 109. I had it with a mechanic recently, and when he started the engine he immediately said "oh!" and told me there was a noise that was not supposed to be there, apparently a low rumble when idling - this is the only...

I will certainly consider this! But I think it is wise to get the rest fixed first (and I am tempted to just pull the engine from the bay and give it a good general overhaul...). Do you know of a good place to get the conversion kit?

You are right, I have not made the conversion. I will look into that once I know the compression is good. Thanks for all your help!

It is, of course, possible that the head gasket has slipped a bit, or has been damaged when I reinstalled the cylinder head. It indeed is very heavy, and I installed it myself with the engine inside the car... But given that it did run fine for a while I assumed it was fine. It reads a bit over...

Ah, OK - I believe I could do that, I have access to all the required equipment. But (as you might guess) I dont think I would be able to really diagnose anything. But I would think that if I install a manometer and crank a cylinder to get maximum compression I should also see how quickly and...

I did pull leads and got shocked ;) But I could not really tell a difference, so I am assuming that multiple cylinders are bad, possibly for different reasons. Sidenote - I always assumed that pressure and compression test are the same... If I hook up a manometer I measure the pressure, but...

I got the car a year ago, basically from a scrap yard, so I dont know if a conversion has been made and am running with additive. The engine had issues at first, but I believe to have solved most of them by redoing the fuel supply, fixing the carb, and redoing the distributor (including coil and...

No, I need to find/buy a manometer first. Could that explain what the video shows?

Thanks wireman - I had the distributor replaced as one piece, so rotor arm and condenser are also new. I purchased them from Craddock, part # ERC1837. Leads were also purchased there. In the meantime I did check the exhaust valve gaps, and they all were 12 thou. Adjusted them to the specified...

My engine is driving me crazy, literally... The problems seem to go all over the place, at least from my rookie perspective. The past few times I drove it, it had huge problems starting - it was stuttering all over the place and frequently just stalled when I let go of the accelerator pedal...

Yes, now it does - after it got stuck I greased the center rod with a bit of engine oil, now it moves smoothly. I have not actually filled the dashpot with oil, however.

Thank you (and everybody, in fact) for your help! You are probably right in saying that I fixed one problem and created a new one (or more than one, in fact). The price I pay for doing something that I am absolutely no expert in - but that is how I am learning. I will certainly go back and have...

I do; all the gaskets have been replaced. The membrane is not new, but I believe that one is working fine and is probably not critical when idling. Could the oil level in the filter have an effect on any of this?

:) Your "Aha" does not exactly sound encouraging. I have tried to figure out how to tune it, and tried a bit (as little as necessary, so far) - but the weird thing is that I dont have all the adjustment points that should be there. For example, there should be a screw below that regulates the...

Turns out I have a couple of photos of my carb on my work-pc... One thing I forgot to mention - when I pull the choke completely, I can feel (and hear) that the mechanism picks up the screw from the accelerator and almost gets stuck. At that point the engine revs up a bit (and stays), enough to...

Aha! (me be noob ;) ) So to add potentially silly nomenclature-related questions: in the carb I have the needle that points down into the reservoir - is that the jet, or is the jet formed through that needle? My carb is a Stromberg 175. I will send a picture when I get a chance. One other...

Hello back - I would like to reactivate this since the problem has come back (probably has never been solved...). In the meantime I have practically redone the entire fuel delivery up to the carb (I forgot to specify that this is not a diesel, see below), so fuel starvation definitely is not the...

I suppose I could do something like that - but since my old sender unit is one that is fixed with 6 screws (rather than a clamp ring) it would not be a long-term solution either. New unit has been ordered, so I just need to be patient and drive without knowing the fuel level in the tank ;)