I was tearing down the old PD today to in stall a cam, Need less to say more than the clutch came off the PTO/crank shaft. I came across this large chip and after a closer look at the shaft it is cracked as well.

Signed: Sucks to be me!

Dat look kinda fishy bro. Hate to see it.

Ouch!

Well sht, you were tearing 'er down anyway, keep going!


That does suck though.

Looks like the shaft was exposed to a lot of heat where it "scaled". How many hours on the engine?

i still got that crank. you can have it if you want it.

i got one off my old block.

You can probably call EVT,......they should ahve alot of cranks!!!!1

low blow....i'm sorry.

Let me know if you want it or not. Dont know what they are worth so make me an offer.

Later

Sucks to hear, but since you pulling it apart for a cam swap, There aint much more to get the crank out. Pull the flywheel off and it shoul slide out of the block I assume?

You should have been able to clear the crank just by pushing the pistons to the top of the cylinder. Weren't you putting new pistons in though?

Sucks man. Venice is bad on more than props huh..
You wouldn't have so many hours on there if you would stay off Lamberts 50k acres he has posted across the river trying to run his ducks off. LOL
We gotta get together and smack em in September. You can ride w/ me if you will lower yourself to ride in a MB.

Heck, I'll come down in September and u can stay n a prodrive.

Dang it! I'm still laughin on that last sentence!

Hey P- When you pull that thing apart, take some pics of the inside (piston walls, and load bearing surfaces like crank journals / bearing surfaces etc...) with that many hours it may be interesting for folks to see how well these things hold up.

No Problem my boy, I'll get to work on that.

preston how many of those hours are with the mods?

Dammit T, you done made me wanna brush my teeth.

A few disassembling pics.

From the looks of it, the cylinder walls and crank journals are in good shape for the amount of hours on the block.

@ Brinkleydog!


Yep, I hate black, Well I say hate, but its alright if theres white around but black and black. No I hate that!

I really appreciate the offer my boy, but the Boat Dr has me takin care of!

Great people here fo sho!

Brinkleydog everyone knows that black doesn't work