<VV> engine knock

[Dennis & Debbie PLEAU]

If the bell housing was removed when the bearings were changed, I would 
suspect a bell housing bolt with a washer under it.

dp


>From: "Dennis Dorogi" <dfamily at cecomet.net>
>To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Subject: <VV> engine knock
>Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 22:25:44 -0400
>
>A guy from a nearby town brought over a 63 Spyder convertible with a 95 hp 
>engine in it.  It has an engine knock unlike anything I have ever heard.  
>It is a very pulsating knock and you can feel it when you touch the engine 
>or while driving it.  Pulled plug wires and there was no difference in the 
>sound.  It recently had the rod bearings replaced and almost sounds like a 
>bent rod.  What would happen if a rod was rotated or the numbers not up as 
>they should be.  Would this result in a knock?  It is the only thing I can 
>think of.  It doesn't sound like a main bearing but I guess it could be.
>       The engine seems to run and idle OK but it also has no oil pressure 
>showing on the guage but I think that is a wiring, sender, or guage problem 
>as he drove it over 40 miles to get here and it is still going.  This is 
>not much to go on but I think it has something to do with the rod bearings 
>being worked on.  They were replaced with standard inserts but  the 
>originals didn't look that bad to me.    Any ideas?   Dennis Dorogi