Date: 29 Sep 2004 20:30:20 GMT From: Dave Hinz <DaveHinznospamcop.net> Subject: Re: The Hinz 99T
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:22:37 GMT, Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> wrote: > in article 2s0i4uF1ffepgU1nospamberlin.de, Dave Hinz at DaveHinznospamcop.net > wrote on 29/09/2004 20:53: > >> On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:18:35 GMT, Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> wrote: >> when I started it, I got a "Whack whack WHACK WHACK Yoink (blurgh)" >> from the engine. (do the sound effects yourself, it's worth it. >> The "blurgh" should be made to sound like a gallon of oil hitting >> the driveway.) > > Urgh! Still it's in good hands :) No, "blurgh". More in the mouth sounding. > I'm surprised it was so bad ... The last lemon I fired up (after neartly 15 > years sitting in my Dad's garage) was a MK4 Ford Cortina that needed little > more than the fuel lines dropping into a bucket of petrol and a whole 3 > seconds of swearing! They're not bad, those old Pintos! I would've though a > Triumph derivative would be along similar lines... I have reason to believe (and I'm wording this as gently as possible in case the previous owner wanders through the archives at some point as he is undoubtedly going to) that the workmanship with which the engine was re-assembled when he changed pistons was less than shall we say perfect. Notice, for instance, .../99turbo/reanimation/engine_removal/img_1424.html where the 3 bolts behind the starter, holding the engine to the tranny, aren't there. I didn't take 'em out, they weren't there. The oil pickup tube/strainer bolts were finger tight, so it would have been sucking air a bit. The left engine mount was _loose_ on the chassis. > Good pics - I'm sure the guys at > http://www.nospam.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=13 would love to watch > your progress. I'll send 'em a link once I have more up, thanks. I notice I don't have any pictures of the actual _car_, I should fix that. > That fellow I mentioned (Nutcase) who rebuilt his 99T > recently, which was last run in 1989, also posts there. There's a guy called > Tomarse who knows his 99s very well, too. Cool. The guy I talked to today with the potential donor car has a 99T with a 16-valve H engine in it, should be interesting to see. > I'd be inclined to move the Incas to high priority though - you need some > style to roll the car in and out of the garage. You can get them > re-conditioned later. A pal of mine runs a 1987 model 900T8 and has the > facelift shape, but still the front wheel handbrake - he has Incas in his, > which look great. I love those wheels. >> I'm in negotiations right now for _another_ 99 Turbo, with a spare engine >> and tranny that come with it. I'd rather just buy a turbo-type B engine >> from someone in Wisconsin (anyone? Hello?) but if I have to buy the other >> 99T, I can find a driver for it and make 2 good out of 1.5 good. >> I'd rather just buy the spare engine from the guy with the car, but he >> wants to sell it as a batch. > > Ha! You'll end up restoring both ... Oh, yes you will!!! :) Yeah, I know. We've got a little one on the way right about Nov 1, so my spare time is going to get more and more constrained. I'm inclined to get the donor car which is running, yank the engine, put it in this one, and then take the spare block from donor car, rebuild it with the not broken parts from this one, and get the donor car on the road. More likely, though, I'll steal what I need from it and make it a parts car. Still preferable, really, to find a B-engine with a good bottom end and turbo pistons. Notice the 3-up, 1-down in the above picture by the way? Dave
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