Well everything has been going fine with my Nordwest since I got it back on the road back in may, after sorting out the leaking valve seats.
However, I obviously spoke too soon, as last week whilst nipping round a junction on the M25 to go to the Ducati dealer I felt it give a bit of a cough and start to run rough in the 3rd lane, by the time I had made it across to the hard shoulder it was properly rattling and the oil pressure warning light had come on!
So the very nice man from the AA took me home on his trailer and I parked it up.
I am going to split the cases over the weekend, but the clunk when you turn it over would tend to imply that the big end shells have failed - I suspect that i have had a big end nut come loose; because the previous owner had been in there and obviously did not understand the use of a torque wrench as everything else is all over the place!
Does anyone know what the big end shells are, I am assuming some kind of Fiat and where I might get them?