Re: Re: 1955 Traction 11B “Barn Find” Project

OK – so I have had my problem explained by Peter Larson of CTA Services. It seems that I have an ID oil baffle fitted and this unit does not take the graphite cord. Hence the reluctance of it to fit and subsequently snapping the lower unit.

My car came off the line in the 12th April 1955 and stood in a barn since 1972. I have had a few explanations as to why my bottom end is part 11D and part Perfo. It may have been built using new parts off the shelf when they ran out of Perfo parts – I tend to agree as there is no evidence that this engine had been removed before. But it does cause me problems specially as I am new to all of this and do not know what to look out for.

Here is what it is supposed to look like.

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I really wish I had known as this would have worked out a really easy job 🙁

I am going to have a go at repairing my unit and see how it goes.