OT: Any Jag or car-engine-sages here?

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by BrucePartington

Please keep us posted. Classic car repair and restoration is my number one passion. In fact my speciality.
If I where any closer I'd be glad to stop by and join in on the fun. I'd love to sync those SU's and tune it to purr like a kitten. I've recently done that for an MG-A fitted with an MG-B engine (1.8 L), a Triumph GT6 MkI (Stromberg carbs) and an NSU RO80 (Wankel engine w/Solex twin barrel carburetor).

Have a service manual available in Braille as well, for me and Wolferz.

Since I can twist wrenches by feel I'm sure a manual in braille wouldn't be too hard to figure out.

Now, since the report of no oil in the sump area for the pump to pick up and squirt all over everything, it's gotta be a slightly too tight or too dry rod bearing starting to seize on either the up or down stroke.
Definitely don't want to fire that puppy up and have it spin out the bearing. It would pay to check them all again with some bearing floss to insure they're within tolerance.

Bruce, have you ever had the pleasure of tuning the triple carbs on a '53 Corvette inline six?