>
>> Does anyone know what is going on here? Is
>>there some common mistake being made?
>>
>>Jay
>>
>It was quite some time ago so excuse me if facts are a bit sketchy, but
approx 17 years ago a friend of mine owned the Alpine that I now have.
>
>We were racing around the lake ( you'd have to know our country) when his
engine started a serious knocking and eventually died.
>
>we determined that it was better to seek out another crank(used) than to
repair the existing one. Good Thing. We were at the age that if it didnt
work and we had no hope of using it, Cut it up and see what made it tick.
we ran the crank thru the band saw and found out why the crank went. The
oil ports inside the shaft were seriously blocked. Not completely but close
to it. We checked the other crank and found the same build up but not as
serious.
>
>Is it possible that these new rebuilds experienced the same problem?
>
>oil may flow enough to allow some run time but severly inhibited oil flow
would lead to what is being described.
>>
>>Jim
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