I was thinking how this end play could have happened.
I reckond the only way this could have happened, without the unusual, would have been that.
At some time, this engine has had an auto box fitted to it, that did not have the lugs that drive the oil pump, in the box, aligned with the slots on the torque converter. The box was then tightened up to the back of the engine, pushing the torque converter forward, to load the crankhaft forward. As soon as the engine was started, the thrust flange on the main bearing was destroyed.
I seem to remember some body having this trouble, of not aligning the drive lugs when fitting the gearbox a while ago, and thinking that it would not do the oil pump a lot of good.
Anyone else remember this happening, Lee?
Harvey.
