Re: Engine smoking...and I don't know why
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Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg
Yep, and check the center main first because that's the one that usually goes first. My 29 Tudor sounded great at the swap meet, but after I bought it and drove it past 15 MPH, a deep knock started and it could also be felt and heard. My center babbit was completely gone.
If you need to do a rebuild, be sure to add counterweights to the crank.
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Ditto the counterweights and if the budget runs to it, put in inserts then, so long as you don't flog it, it'll outlast you ( a brave statement I know coz I don't know your age.  )
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