My first Isetta had a radial crack half way around the cylinder. Below the fins but above the flange. My local machinist Silver brazed it for me but I was always afraid it would crack and hit my rear shelf.
at least that Mark is paid well is what I wish for. Very often we high class mechanic are getting paid very poorly for all that love we put in our work. So - your words in Gods/ the source of everything being - ears!
Like some others here I think the muffler impact probably caused the cylinder breaking. The first Ural motorcycle I had, which was a copy of the BMW, had cylinders that were attached the same way. I heard from other owners that although rare, it was possible to crack the cylinder with a big enough impact. And if the impact was at the head (like the exhaust port) it effectively has leverage against the base of the cylinder. Most cars have a fairly lengthy exhaust pipe to absorb impact with the exhaust system but on the Isetta it's right there and the short length makes it stiffer.
hmmm. The Isetta is indeed strange. Let us face it - very often we are much more carefully with the customers things then they are... I know that problem with clocks, e.g. NOT hanging out the pendulum BEFORE moving it etc... Did the owner of this rare Peugeot 202 changed the seats? (you could get them more easily the seats of the Traction Avant Citroën)
Where I live (Costa Rica), there are several stores that offer a knockoff Honda 250 engine and gearset for about US$500. I wouldn't endorse this as a long-term solution, but it would be a way to keep the little Isetta operational while sourcing the correct bits to make it function with the original BMW drivetrain. Wasn't this the car that was having monster compression issues a while back?
@@jochenstacker7448 My 58 Isetta had a 4 cylinder Johnson outboard motor in it some bonehead teens did it. Luckily I also got 1.5 original engines with it.
xD ! "Good" comment. My favorite are the cars BEFORE 1968 and especially the true Citroëns. BMW build very well the motors of the JU52 plane - iron annie / Aunt Ju (Tante Ju) BEFORE the war of 1939. It's called Bayrische Motorenwerke - bavarian motor works. The sign is a rotating propeller. And has the colors of bavaria blue and white checked.
Just couldn't handle all that massive power and compression.
There’s no better person to fix it than you, Mark! 😊
Hope you will be wearing a respirator, if not a full hazmat suit, when working on those brakes on the 202
Age and time and metallurgy and design sometimes work at counter purposes. The metal was tired and perhaps brittle?
My first Isetta had a radial crack half way around the cylinder. Below the fins but above the flange. My local machinist Silver brazed it for me but I was always afraid it would crack and hit my rear shelf.
That's a shame, it has been well cared for. Are the parts to repair it available?
I wouldn't mind betting that isetta was driven over a speed bump way to fast and caused that damage.
Rebuilding that Isetta engine will help you make your monthly boat payments for a few months!
at least that Mark is paid well is what I wish for. Very often we high class mechanic are getting paid very poorly for all that love we put in our work.
So - your words in Gods/ the source of everything being - ears!
Like some others here I think the muffler impact probably caused the cylinder breaking. The first Ural motorcycle I had, which was a copy of the BMW, had cylinders that were attached the same way. I heard from other owners that although rare, it was possible to crack the cylinder with a big enough impact. And if the impact was at the head (like the exhaust port) it effectively has leverage against the base of the cylinder. Most cars have a fairly lengthy exhaust pipe to absorb impact with the exhaust system but on the Isetta it's right there and the short length makes it stiffer.
I am sure you will fix it, but it would be cool to swap in a big Wisconsin single.
hmmm. The Isetta is indeed strange.
Let us face it - very often we are much more carefully with the customers things then they are...
I know that problem with clocks, e.g. NOT hanging out the pendulum BEFORE moving it etc...
Did the owner of this rare Peugeot 202 changed the seats? (you could get them more easily the seats of the Traction Avant Citroën)
Kitty says LS swap it, meow.
Oh my.
There's lots of videos of people converting cars with harbor freight motors. Looks like a candidate to me .
Thing is, the Isetta is an iconic car and very rare.
Sticking a motor from a lawnmower in there would destroy the character of the car and any value.
@@jochenstacker7448 I agree, but if the owner has reservations about the cost of a replacement or rebuilt engine, it does offer another option .
Where I live (Costa Rica), there are several stores that offer a knockoff Honda 250 engine and gearset for about US$500.
I wouldn't endorse this as a long-term solution, but it would be a way to keep the little Isetta operational while sourcing the correct bits to make it function with the original BMW drivetrain.
Wasn't this the car that was having monster compression issues a while back?
@@jochenstacker7448 My 58 Isetta had a 4 cylinder Johnson outboard motor in it some bonehead teens did it. Luckily I also got 1.5 original engines with it.
a Sad day in tiny town,,,,,,, did it still run?
It's a BMW. Expect better ?
xD ! "Good" comment. My favorite are the cars BEFORE 1968 and especially the true Citroëns.
BMW build very well the motors of the JU52 plane - iron annie / Aunt Ju (Tante Ju) BEFORE the war of 1939.
It's called Bayrische Motorenwerke - bavarian motor works.
The sign is a rotating propeller. And has the colors of bavaria blue and white checked.
@@Watchmaker_Gereon-Schloesser In 2004 I bought a new BMW R1150RT motorcycle from Germany. Worst money I ever spent on a motorcycle !
you can fix it
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