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

So I had two issues, one the distributor timing will be 180 degrees out and I had a knocking in the crankcase when I turned the crankshaft.

So I had to lift the engine and remove the sump case (which was annoying as I had sealed it quite well but it came off quite easily in the end). I then rotated the crankshaft and “voila” it was just touching the oil pump.

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So I loosed then pointed bolt on the side of the crankcase and lowered the oil pump out. I then noticed something that is so obvious now – there is a locating hole in the side of the oil pump that the pointed bolt goes into (hence it being pointy I suppose). So I had pushed the oil pump in to much (by about 1 cm). So this then was too close to the crankshaft and it also misaligned the distributor timing (although I think I had it 180 degree out too, so I painted the short side with tippex).

Put it all back together and the engine spins for the first time in 43 years. I put the sump back on and the timing case and lowered the engine back onto the stand.

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I put 12 volts across the starter motor and the pistons went up and down. The small pleasures 😆 😆

Put a few other parts onto the engine and placed all the bolts where I think they should go in readiness for the gear box. But first I head to Toulouse tomorrow morning with my head to be machined for clearance.

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