Thread: pulled motor today, interesting results...

Well today we finally got my motor out. Found some interesting results. I will post pics as soon as i find the camera cable.

The first thing that makes me kinda mad is that i have been having this weird rubbing noise ever since i got the car. I first swapped the tranny, flyweel and still was there and did become louder. What i didnt notice the first time was that there was 2 good sized holes drilled right into the pressure plate that ARE NOT supost to be there. I should have noticed this the first time i puleed the tranny but i always figured the pressure plate was fine. Now as Scrymerr and myself did some thinking on that, we figured that since the holes were there it through off the balance of the whole assembly...

When we pulled the pan off the car, i noticed many good sized pieces of metal everywhere. At first i had no idea what they were. These pieces of metal where everywhere in all different sizes. The conclusion is that since the clutch was not properly balanced it threw off the crank to which promoted major bearing wear. I have yet to pull the crank and such out to see but its the only logical conclusion as to why the metal was all over the inside of the motor. You will see the pressure plate once i get pictures. Anyone have any ideas or maybe know something i dont????

ill call you asap jon.


picks are up

well i pulled the bottom end apart today and well ill let the pics do the talking...

ya everything is toast crank rods are scored, pretty much a paper weight or need a total rebuild...

there is NO REASON to balance a clutch and the flywheel on the motor. I called a shop around here in benicia and they said when you balance a motor, you do not need the clutch becuase it is already ) balanced and cannot change the balance of the motor. I asked him about those holes and he said yes they were probably done because some shop that didnt know what they were doing, tried to balance the clutch on the flywheel. ACT even says that under no circumstance would you need to drill holes like that in their clutches to balance them. So in other words, it doesnt need to be done and since it was done, there is a slight possibility it promoted the noise that i was hearing. Shop also said from the pics i showed him that it looks like it was all installed incorrectly which promoted the wear like that on the motor.


Old dirty, ask manny about the clutch cause it came with the car when i bought it. I am bringing block and the head to a machine shop here in concord and they are going to inspect and tell me if anything is usable or good.