Follow the good Doctor's advice, and all will be well.
Thanks Alan! I talked with a local shop today who is confident they can fix it. I plan to bring it down tomorrow or Wednesday depending on the weather. I’ll share an update once I have more info. Thanks again for everyone’s help!!!
Well, good news. I brought the car down today and he thinks it will be pretty easy to fix the hood!
He also listened to the car for 10 seconds and said the head is loose on the #1 or #3 cylinder. He pulled the engine this afternoon and found 2 two head bolts broken. He going to pull both heads off, check the other studs and replace them with the standard studs if all the other look good or use all new chromoly studs. He also going to fix a few oil leaks too so it should be leak free for a day or two!
So far, so good!!
I worry a bit about the hood flying off when I use my Wardlow bra. It has a piece that slips over the end of the hood and it doesn't seem to latch quite as securely with that in place.
Honestly, I have often thought of having a safety cable that comes through to attach to the hood lock in some way with a safety quick release latch of some sort.
Alternatively, Dusty's belts are an option but I don't like the look on a classic car.
If the latch works properly there is no way for the latch to release from the safety position w/o manually moving it.
Key words “if the latch is working properly”. I will check it once the hood is fixed to check that it is fully engaged.
Here is a pic of the snapped head bolt. He also found a crack between the valves on both heads. He going to check the depth and see if it goes through to the intake port, if not, then he will weld it up, otherwise I will have two nice paper weights.
If I need new heads, any recommendations? It is a CB performance 2165 motor.
Thanks Alan!
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Call CB, they must know the specs that the engine came with from IM, or IM would have a build sheet telling them what it came with.
Other than that the Borg would have to call them to find out as well.
I'll save you a phone call to Henry. When I had the car he said
"No too much in the file, This tube chassis Roadster was sold as a coach but completed by Intermeccania with customer supplied engine & trans. I remember big motor maybe 2180cc or ? with Porsche 911 style fan shroud. If I remember right seemed like very short gears to me.
Delivered July 1999
Sapphire Silver
Gray leather
Gray Stayfast top
Full tonneau in gray Stayfast
Square Weave carpet, silver blue
Low bumper guards
Courtesy lights
Radio pod with customer supplied radio
Auto antenna
Heated seats
Power windows
Dual cigar lighters
That is about all, it has been gone from this are for a long time."
I see a surge in those buying Dusty's leather hood straps.
I'm surprised no one has tried putting the hinges on the front of the hood like on a Spyder??? Of course, Spyder owners have the clam shell to worry about......
Hood straps are a good idea, but an annoyance every time you need to fill up or open the hood for whatever reason.
To me, they are worth the hassle for the lack of worry of having the hood fly up. Plus, unlike Ray, I like the look.
Carlos G posted:I'm surprised no one has tried putting the hinges on the front of the hood like on a Spyder??? Of course, Spyder owners have the clam shell to worry about......
Hmmmmm. I'm gonna put that one in the file.
Come to think of it it’s a great idea and I don’t know why we never thought about it
Maybe because there is absolutely zero structural frame members out that far forward to hold the frame end of the hood hinges?
IaM-Ray posted:Come to think of it it’s a great idea and I don’t know why we never thought about it
Maybe because the heavy end of the hood is at the rear ? Or, the front, pointy end would have to have the hinges just about center mounted...not good in a windy situation.
There are no frame supports supporting the hinges on the Spyder. It's all hanging on fiberglass. It'd take some doing, but it'd look cool.
It'd be cool to design a hinge for the Spyder clam shell that works like the hinges on older BMW front hoods. Mmm, I'm going to have to put that on my list.
Gordon Nichols posted:Maybe because there is absolutely zero structural frame members out that far forward to hold the frame end of the hood hinges?
You mean like what the latches attach to in the front of a rear hinged hood?
I think he means where the hinges would have to attach at the front to serve as the pivot point for the hood .