DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

From Wikipedia, some guys told a story of their shill bidding and... Walton and his associates were charged and convicted of fraud by federal authorities for their eBay shill bidding. Probably because it deceives buyers regarding the market value because one reason for buying in an auction is you kn...

And 62.03mm across the engine bore although that was trickier to measure. Not sure what spec is. Maybe it says in Dempsey.



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I don't have any experience what the crank bearings should look like. All were seated properly, no rotation. They appear to be mint on the inside. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240502/ea001695d32eb189b04f48660059e8f0.jpg But on the outside they appear to show signs of oil erosion, which is a su...

By way of counterpoint - the 700,000 mile Porsche 911. Track days, regular oil changes and used daily. Although to be fair, it did have an engine refresh after 383,000 miles to deal with some minor oil leaks.

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matteo68 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:27 pm Bicester Scramble for me today

Stunning. Looks like Signal Orange there.

Is it legal to take bids off the wall under the reserve in the US? If so maybe it was that. Deceives buyers as to the value, since they think there are other buyers out there at that money. So I should think you could pin a fraud charge on an auctioneer if you could prove it. Sent from my SM-G988B ...

How can you rebuild an engine without cleaning it and leaving broken piston in it? Pistons changed without splitting the case and they thought they got away with it? What do you think caused the oil starvation? Sealant or broken piston? Sent from my 22011119UY using Tapatalk Looks that way - either...

Current plan I think is to put it back together with JE 10.5:1 86mm pistons in Biral cylinders. Twin plug the heads, but run it single plug unless needed. Possibly have some case work done. Being 1970 I think it has no piston squirters which might be helpful on a 10.5:1 engine. Not sure about shuffl...

I've yet to take apart the cam assemblies and the rest of the engine, but tentatively I'd say the engine was run for a short while after a piston replacement, possibly recently rebuilt, and failed due to chunks of piston left in the engine. The heat, fatigued piston rings and broken valves cutouts i...

I'm no expert but the crank journals and shells look to be in good shape to my eye. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240427/d5e8dea232eceea099622666acaf6a2c.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240427/f73ae68e000a6cbd9e6f2547229c1f0b.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240427/f04ca6b98725bdfe...

Good and bad sides of oil pump. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240427/ecb0aef283d22c9555c448ac1338169e.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240427/93fa1d25ee993cd6face1d0ea0a76cc1.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240427/847ecbc99d6d487e17b3ab998a526178.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.co...

Sorry I didn't get a photo, but when I got into the 2nd chamber of the oil pump, I found no aluminium chunks. But it was starved of oil, and the oil pump case was corroded, causing it to be jammed. It turns out I could probably have forced the crank round without doing too much damage to anything. T...

That little piece of alloy has stamped on it the numbers 84V5, which is a fragment of the stamping 84V55 which are the dimensions of the pistons, and features in the casting inside them. I checked all the pistons for missing chunks and there were none, so it would seem that this engine has failed im...

Ok so I gave the Internet a few days to critique my proposed solution, or come up with a better one. I wasn't that keen on putting a grinder inside the engine as I know how they can grab and shoot across and instantly take a chunk out of something. Here goes nothing... https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.c...

Original 1970 tank seen here viewtopic.php?t=68983&hilit=petrol+tank ... e&start=45

72 is the same i'd guess?