

| Subject: | Sight Correction: Pilot Bearing Trouble/Trying to figure it all out |
| From: | Leslie Shiaman |
| Date: | Fri, 20 Apr 2001 10:43:33 -0700 |
I should check my writing before sending this...sorry to repeat! Last paragraph, second sentence: "Do I not detect any drip when idling for 20 minutes because no matter how long you idle you never get to full operating temp and therefore I HAVEN'T gotten it to normal expansion, so therefore no leakage if i do have a cracked head." Hello All - A couple people on the list have asked me how I know that my pilot bearing is shot. Well, I had been hearing a rattle just before fully engaging the clutch. Then one day at a traffic light (of course!) I could not disengage the clutch (from neutral) to put her in gear. So I did the rolling start and shifted very roughly, because the clutch was sticking. So that would be the pilot bearing or would it be the throw-out bearing? By the way I have thought about my little intermittent coolant drip problem and have wondered this. Do I not detect any drip when idling for 20 minutes because no matter how long you idle you never get to full operating temp and therefore I have gotten it to normal expansion, so therefore no leakage if i do have a cracked head. Sound right? or do you reach op. temp after idling for 20 or 30 minutes? Thanks, Les '84 Westy ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
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