05-10-2022, 09:24 PM
Today I was telephoned by a nearby engineer, usually concerned with competition engines with many cylinders and camshafts. However, someone has just bought him an Austin Eight engine, and he was looking for info regarding torque settings. By co-incidence I knew that I would be meeting an Eight owner for coffee later in the morning, but his Eight had never had the engine out, and he did not recall having any technical info. Head torque nuts was quite easy to find, and on my shelves I came upon required tappet clearance and arcane details such as big end and main bearing clearances. But no success in finding torque settings for mains and big ends. Can anyone help?