PM sent Jeff.

Do we have any word on how the J-H is doing, Has the motor come back from the shop yet? How has the TR been doing? Pulling the head on the GT this weekend.....kinda afraid to look.
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The motor is in pretty good shape, thanks for asking. I know how you feel with your car too, sometimes it drives you crazy. Same with Jeff's too, but that one doesn't frustrate me as much since it isn't mine! :P And, in general, it is far more friendly to work on than the Jensen or your Opel, I'm sure.

The motor spun the bearing but there is no damage to the rod big end, and, the material on the crank basically polished off with 1500 grit paper. Specs on the big end and the crank are exactly where they were when the thing was put together. All the other bearings look perfect, and I do mean perfect. I'm replacing them though, but I'm not pulling the motor down as suggested - if I did it'd cost a lot more than I can afford now and it'd not be back together for months. Sure, if it blows up I lose the $75 in new bearings and labor, but we don't have a lot of labor in it on R&R and I can afford the $75.

I don't think it spun the bearing when I lost oil pressure. I think it spun the bearing when we tried to crank it in the paddock after getting the oiling system back together. When I hit the starter for just a second it made a strange "clunk" noise and didn't start. Jeff heard it too. Then, we hit the starter again and it fired up and ran at idle. I could hear a ticking though, and it got louder. We only ran it for maybe a minute before we decided that was definitely rod knock and we were done. RPM was never over 2000 or so during this period.

Before it goes out to a track event, and oils down another venue, plus costing me a lot of time in towing and gas, we're going to take it to a local asphalt roundy round track and run it for a few hours. They rent out for about $150-$200 for four hours, all you and only you, so it'll be worth it to run the car in.

R