[urq] seized nissan engine , update

[Keith Lloyd]

I'm glad to hear you got to the bottom of it. Don't be too hard on yourself. That is so easy to do. 
Regards

Keith 

'87 WR 

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> On 1 Dec 2014, at 15:10, "Patrick Carlier" <p.carlier at pandora.be> wrote:
> 
> A couple of weeks back I had a rebuild engine that seized after 15 secs of running . 
> Took it apart , and found the first main bearing fused to the crankshaft . 
> 
> So I had the crankshaft reground , luckily they were avle to polish the white metal off withour actually regrinding . 
> Meaning no oversized bearings were needed . 
> New beraings were bought ; and while putting it all back togehter again , it suddenly hit me like a bolt of lightning . 
> 
> Stupid me myself and I put the bering caps in the wrong order . 
> Nr 3 is unique and cannot be misplaced . 
> Nrs 1 and 2 , and 4 and 5 go on opposite sides of the n,r 3 right ? 
> I could have kicked myself in the b*tt . 
> When I put it together the first time , I started counting from the gearbox side . 
> Meaning caps nr 1 and 5 , and caps nr 2 and 4 were in each others place . 
> Still , the crankshaft turrned quite good . 
> 
> Now however , with the caps the right way , the crankshaft turns almost frictionless . 
> 
> 
> So I fired it up today , had it idle for a while to warm up . 
> Allowed it to cool down , fired it up again this time revved it a couple of times .... 
> 
> 
> Looking good this time . 
> Feeling relieved , and still a little stupid .... 
> 
> But round here we have a saying 
> He who does nothing or tries nothing makes no mistakes :)) 
> 
> Pat 
> 
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