FS 2 1/4 Petrol Engine

3 or 5 bearing? Price? Location? Condition?

On or around Thu, 30 Oct 2003 09:18:59 -0000, "Jon" enlightened us thusly:

it did say "Offers"...

True, but it's nice to have some kind of 'target' to gauge to condition. I'm guessing that it's well knackered 3 bearing, miles away from me. No one ever has a fully rebuilt 5 bearing, thats free to a good home - and is next door to me...... Jon

So how do you tell if it's 3 or 5 bearing?????? Location is the South coast, but as I stated before I will arrange delivery (stick it on a pallet and phone a cheap local courier). Condition wise, its OK, past an emissions MOT test in June.

Lee

On or around Thu, 30 Oct 2003 21:01:08 +0000 (UTC), "Lee Argyle" enlightened us thusly:

age, and if it's in good nick and you don't intend tuning the balls off it, the 3-bearing is pretty much as good. for reference, a very tidy 3-bearing

2286 I once had had hot idle oil pressure of 20 psi, hot running pressure of about 50-60. which doesn't help unless you have an oil pressure gauge... can;t be that shagged if it passed emissions, though.

aha! the (proper, old) Haynes book has the following:

red painted block, engine number sequences:

36100001A, 99100001A - 8:1 comp. 36400001A, 99200001A - 7:1 comp.

HTH.