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HINTS BY “HEADLIGHT” A 1916 Ford was overhauled, and immediately upon starting the engine, a very distinct knock was heard. It was allowed to run for a while to break in it, but neither did the knock disappear, nor decrease in the least. In fact, when the engine began to fire evenly the knock became louder. Because the bearings and wrist pins had been properly fitted, it could not have been due to them. There was plenty of oil in the engine and the oiling system was working all right. Possibly a piston was striking the cylinder head, and such it turned out to be. This was one of the rare cases of such trouble. When the cylinder head was removed, the place where the piston had been striking could be seen. The head was replaced, care being taken to line it up properly so as to give clearance to the piston. Clearance was given by chipping out where the piston had been striking. The engine then gave no further trouble.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 100, 19 July 1927, Page 10
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