10-07-2025, 03:19 AM
(10-06-2025, 08:58 PM)arcticdude Wrote: You could just hear the clatter in the first video while it was cranking after knowing what to listen for. Without that knowledge, it would be easy to miss.
The second video sounds smooth! It will be interesting to hear if there’s any driving difference now.
Yea, I think that clatter while turning over was much more pronounced on the video, I did not hear it in person otherwise I probably would have stopped before starting to figure out what was wrong.
It is very smooth, really just like before. It always ran good up until the belt break. Took it for a short drive and out to dinner and it drove just like before. Seems to have no ill effects from the collision of the valves and pistons. It’s back in service and is back to being driven daily.
Jeff LoGiudice
Temple Terrace, Fl & Loudon & Monterey, TN
1984 Bluebird Wanderlodge PT40
1998 Newell 2000 #490
1986 MCI/TMC 102A3 (sold)
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