
hope its is just the bearing and you've got to it in time before it starts breaking up....
got half a dozen bottom ends in bits,let me know whats gone....ill have a rummage....

on the money,exactly what had happened.wish i had checked before i took the engine out though,only forgot to disconnect the electrics and oilfeed pipe this timemgtkr1 wrote:also sounds like the flywheel has come adrift but on just enough so that if fires/runs. happened to me at cadwell last yr, thought i had lunched something in the gearbox/clutch and turned out to be the flywheel bolt. fixed with re-torque then loctite. whip that plastic cover off and have a look. whatever it is, the noise dissapears when you blip the throttle so i guess it would be something minor. check the water pump, oil pump, clutch, flywheel etc before removing the top end as its easier and no point wrecking the base gaskets unless you have to. when you eventually fit new gasgets, use a smear of grease as it means they wont stick therefore are reusable
Ahh if the flywheel has knocked the pick up coil that could be the problem. I've had that happen before and it flip up the pickup. if its poping it sounds like the timing and thats what happened to mine the pickup coil was firing intermittenly and caused simular problems. if not then look for a bad or incorrect electrical connection. The other thing is you haven't got the flywheel on correctly so the timing is out.garye345 wrote:just been out and tried starting it again and no joy not even trying,tried bumping it down the street and that dont work,the only thing that i can say was a bit dodgy when i put the engine back in was when i was reconnecting the kips cables the power went,(turning ignition on and then off half way through the cycle to connect cables)off,i thought i had blown the fuse but it came back on by itself,but i have a good spark so it cannot be electrical me thinks,it keeps poping when being kicked over and bumped so that shows petrol is getting there i think,so any ideas on simple things to try before i take it to the garage would be welcome and has you have seen it was running this morning,only other thing i have changed is the flywheel and woodruff key cause they were foooked,but surely the magnets are all the same
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