Toby, you better stick with land crushers!
Toby Atwater wrote:
> Went down to the machine shop at lunch today. More bad news! at the bottom
> of bore #2 there's a big piece of engine block missing! He suspects it threw
> a rod in the past and the fix was sleaving the cylinders. Which wasn't a
> very good fix since it seems the sleeve on #2 and #3 are not flush with the
> deck of the block and causing head gasket problems. Supposedly he X-rayed
> the crank, and the crack is much deeper than visual inspection indicated.
> Also a rod was burnt and about to spin which overheated the crank a bit. A
> rod nut was also loose and caused some serious scoring of the crank. So I
> can kiss that crank good bye. Lifters are pitted, cam is actually in good
> shape I think.
>
> Thanks for all the offers for workable cranks, Ill let you know when I get
> my other engine apart and see if it will do. At least I found the problems.
>
> Hope your engines are doing better.
>
> Toby
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