HAPPY NEW YEAR!

This picture was taken in September 2017 in front of the ACD Museum in Auburn, Indiana.  This car was built here in 1932, 86 years ago! 

​I am making a few "Updates" here to the site. Thanks for following along!
While driving the car this Fall, I noticed a significant loss of oil pressure.(from 30, down to around 7 psi) I removed the Oil Pump, and it seemed to be fine. I then started looking at the Main bearings and discovered this damage to the Bearings. The Crankshaft Journals seem fine (still in the engine at this time) so I am glad that I stopped driving it before having a costly catastrophic failure. There was debris in the Oil pan.

V 12 Engine Bearing failure (2017)

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​The 2nd main bearing with missing material.
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Close up of missing material.
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Thrust Bearing with melted Babbit, rehardened in the shape of a heart.
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Thrust surface of Bearing is destroyed. Lack of Lubrication between this and the Crankshaft surface.
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Thrust Bearing Part number. Apparently, These numbers mean NOTHING   in the age of the Internet. <sigh>
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Lucky for me, I was already working on a spare Engine for another project.  This one is now going into the Car.
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Spare Engine waiting for the Crankshaft. New Bearings and Rings already installed. You already knew that the Pistons go in from the bottom, right?
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* Crankshaft ready for install. Too heavy for one person to handle.

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Crank set in place. The Pistons and rods need to be pushed down out of the way for this.
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​Auburn 8 cam bearing