[Shotimes] Crank Cancer - Cracked woodruff key, fubar timing sprocket

[Jim and Debbie Leyden]

I purchased oversize metric key stock from McMaster-Carr and made my own
woodruff key using only a hack saw and a grinder.
The Crankshaft is the toughest part in that equation so it should be fine.

Jim



-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Bruce Malachuk
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 2:47 PM
To: rcedelman@comcast.net; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Crank Cancer - Cracked woodruff key, fubar timing
sprocket

I have a spare timiing sproket or 2 laying around if you need one, the
shutter is bent, but you can swap shutter parts  with 3 little phillips head
screws. Chances are the crank is fine, the woodruff keuy and crank pulley
and timing sprocket  wear faster than theh crank would ever. I have a single
spare woodruff key but that is part of my personal stash, but if you go to
your local ford dealer and have them do a locate on the part number, they
should be ablle to find one on a shelf. I found 23 of them at different
dealers across the eastcoast the last time I had a locate done for me.

There are no spliines on the crank itself. So that is BS :-)

If you need a timing sproket let me know and I'll fish one out for ya. $10
plus shpping sound like a deal? Email me off list iif you want one. 


Bruce Malachuk

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of rcedelman@comcast.net
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 2:15 PM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shotimes] Crank Cancer - Cracked woodruff key, fubar timing
sprocket

Seems I have the infamous "crank cancer." Couldn't figure it out myself, and
partly didn't want to deal with it, but a local mechanic found it. The
woodruff key is cracked and the timing sprocket looks just like the pictures
on shotimes.com. 

Couple of questions here.
1) Where can I get a new woodruff key and sprocket?
2) The mechanic is saying I need a whole new crank. He says the crank, where
the sprocket goes on, is supposed to have a bunch of splines on it and mine
are worn off, but I've never seen what he's talking about on a crank in any
engine. I'm thinking this part is BS, but I wanted to ask the experts on the
list.
3) If the crank really is bad, I'm guessing it'll be a lot cheaper to just
drop another engine in there rather than rebuild the one I've got... Anyone
have a spare 3.2L they want to get rid of? :)

Thanks,

Rich Edelman
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