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  • 8 Rods. 7 Bearings = Not good

    My Transtar project.
    With oil pan out, I could feel that at least 2 rod bearings were bad.
    So I didnt try to fire up the engine, this was in May.

    Last week I had the engine out, and opened.
    Heads and cylinders was in a nice condition.
    It is bored 0.030 and the pistons looks like new
    It seems like someone has rebuilt the engine.

    Now to the strange part.
    One of the rods bearing, was missing.
    Can it really dissapear like this, or is it possible that they forgot it?
    All bearing surfaces at the crank are gone, and 3 other rods is ruined because the bearing has rotated in them.





    Lennart...
    Lennart...
    -63 Avanti R1
    -61 Champ 6E5 122\"
    -57 Transtar 3E5/7 112\"
    -58 Golden Hawk

  • #2
    WOW! An I thought I was absent-minded!!! I take it there's NO trace of anything in the pan???[8]

    Miscreant adrift in
    the BerStuda Triangle


    1957 Transtar 1/2ton
    1960 Larkvertible V8
    1958 Provincial wagon
    1953 Commander coupe

    No deceptive flags to prove I'm patriotic - no biblical BS to impress - just ME and Studebakers - as it should be.

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    • #3
      WOW! An I thought I was absent-minded!!! I take it there's NO trace of anything in the pan???[8]

      Miscreant adrift in
      the BerStuda Triangle


      1957 Transtar 1/2ton
      1960 Larkvertible V8
      1958 Provincial wagon
      1953 Commander coupe

      No deceptive flags to prove I'm patriotic - no biblical BS to impress - just ME and Studebakers - as it should be.

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      • #4
        Wow.

        I thought I'd seen everything, but I guess not!

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        • #5
          Wow.

          I thought I'd seen everything, but I guess not!

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          • #6
            Lennart...
            -63 Avanti R1
            -61 Champ 6E5 122\"
            -57 Transtar 3E5/7 112\"
            -58 Golden Hawk

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            • #7
              Lennart...
              -63 Avanti R1
              -61 Champ 6E5 122\"
              -57 Transtar 3E5/7 112\"
              -58 Golden Hawk

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              • #8
                It appears that somebody LIED! There would be tons of metal from the spun bearings in the pan and the remains of the wiped out bearing. Someone has pulled the pan, cleaned it and put it back?

                It obviously lost OIL PRESSURE for some reason, or OIL!

                Interesting how it has original factory Studebaker "heat dam" 259 flat top pistons in it!

                If it's .030 over, it must have been rebuilt way back in the late 60's or '70's when you could buy things like that from Studebaker.

                StudeRich
                Studebakers Northwest
                Ferndale, WA
                StudeRich
                Second Generation Stude Driver,
                Proud '54 Starliner Owner
                SDC Member Since 1967

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                • #9
                  It appears that somebody LIED! There would be tons of metal from the spun bearings in the pan and the remains of the wiped out bearing. Someone has pulled the pan, cleaned it and put it back?

                  It obviously lost OIL PRESSURE for some reason, or OIL!

                  Interesting how it has original factory Studebaker "heat dam" 259 flat top pistons in it!

                  If it's .030 over, it must have been rebuilt way back in the late 60's or '70's when you could buy things like that from Studebaker.

                  StudeRich
                  Studebakers Northwest
                  Ferndale, WA
                  StudeRich
                  Second Generation Stude Driver,
                  Proud '54 Starliner Owner
                  SDC Member Since 1967

                  Comment

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