> I pulled apart an AS21 based engine yesterday and the case, pistons 
> and bores are in excellent condition, but the whole thing has been 
> running really rich. The layer of carbon on the pistons and head 
> is amazingly thick! 
>
> I noticed as well that the oil deflector plate has been installed
> the wrong way round, probably not a problem but more a comment on the
> care (!?) that the previous builder put the engine together with.
>

Do you mean air deflectors?  The 1600 don't have no oil deflector.  And Muir
says the air deflector is totally important, though I've no experience with
one that's been goofed up.

> Which leads to some questions. This engine has a 050 dizzy fitted.
> Now Muir says this is a no no for this engine, as it dosn't retard
> #3. Has anyone run a 1600 with a 050? Any problems?
>
> I would have to use the alternator from the 2 litre with the 1600.
> I pressume that as the later 1600s had alternators, that they
> were of the same type for both engines?
>

The mount is different?  I use the 50 amp Motorola.

> Having changed the engine mounting arrangement to suit the type 4
> style (i.e.) solid mountings on the chassis, rubber mounting on the
> engine, I now find the mounting bar for the 1600 is the other way round
> (rubber on the chassis mounts, bolts on the engine). I'm unwilling to hack
> the mountings around again, so is there a quick and easy solution to this?  
>

You on fresh ground here, but I'm interested in how the type 4 fits.  Does
the bell housing fit directly? wOw.

> (The more questions I come up with the more I start to realise I'd
>  better re-mortgage the cat and go the 2 litre route, but anyway any
>  answers would be appreciated)  
>

Your cat is that valuable?  Ours just purrs and rubs it's head on everything.

> TIA
> cheers
> Marcus
> '70 bus
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>Marcus Grant
>mty016@uk.ac.cov
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