Dave_president

I have a 29 FE President sedan and am based in Sydney's north west. I have the engine at the shop for a rebuild now after some very shady work had been done before. The big end white metal was poorly applied and cracked on Cylinder 7. The little end had sleeves spot welded in to match the gudgeons on new pistons at some stage. All rectified now. It is by no means perfect, I am struggling with the Houdaille shocks right now. The exhaust/intake manifold in your picture looks identical to mine. Happy for you to come and compare if that helps.

Thanks Gary, Excellent information. I have the manual on order from Faxon, but it seems to take a while to get to Australia. The engine is stripped and it only seems like the No.7 Big end has an issue. (not 4 as I said earlier) I will pass the information onto my engine builder. The engine received a $30,000 rebuild 4 years ago, 3 years before I bought the car. It was owned by a promotions company and I don't think they got a good deal from that rebuilder.

Hello all, I have a FE President 8 state sedan here in Sydney, Australia. It developed a knock in cylinder 4. The big end bearing is cracked. Has anybody else fitted slipper bearings to one of these? Does anybody have details on clearances and specifications for the rebuid?