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by RichardG » Sat Jan 25, 2020 7:04 pm
THE HUNK OF WOOD DID NOT CAUSE THE FAILURE, IT LOOKS LAMINATED , BAND WOOD IS NOT, CAN TELL BY LOOKING AT THE CRANK, ITS NOT SCORED ,IT DID NOT SEIZE, THE SPLASH SYSTEM WAS DOING ITS JOB, OTHER FORCES WERE AT WORK HERE,PERHAPS SOMEONE AT ONE TIME WAS DOING SOMETHING IN THE TRANSMISSION THAT NEEDED A PROP, AND THE WOOD FELL IN, THAT WOULD BE MY GUESS, THAT OIL TUBES JOB IS TO SUPPLY OIL TO THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE ON A EXTENDED 2 1/2 PERCENT GRADE. CAN YOU PLEASE TELL US, WERE YOU DRIVING ALONG--ENGINE UP TO TEMP,- OR JUST STARTING OUT,--THIS TYPE OF FAILURE DON'T TAKE PLACE SETTING IDLING, IVE HEARD OF IT HAPPENING WHEN STARTING,THE ENGINE, [WITH STARTER] BEING A 13 [NO STARTER]. THAT TAKES THAT OUT OF THE PICTURE, ABOUT THE BREAK IN THAT CRANK IS WHERE MANY OF THE FAILS' TAKE PLACE ON A --T--CRANK, MORE SO THAN ANY OTHER LOCATION, AND IT LOOKS TO ME IT WAS UP TO SPEED,BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE DONE TO REAR MAIN, PERHAPS 25 OR SO MPH.IS YOUR ENGINE PRONE TO [FREE STARTS] ? HAVING WORKED ON STEAM LOCOS IN MY PAST THERE RODS WERE PRONE TO CRACKING TOO, NOT THE DRIVE CRANK BUT THE INNER CONNECTED TO THE WHEELS, WE HAD A SPECIAL HAMMER FOR THIS USE, HALF WAY BETWEEN THE PINS YOU WOULD WHACK THE ROD AND BY THE SOUND ONE COULD TELL BY THE REPORT ITS CONDITION, IF IT RANG LIKE YOU HIT A ANVIL- THINGS WERE GOOD ,A DEAD THUG IT WAS TEAR DOWN TIME, YOU CANT ALWAYS SEE THE PROBLEM , ON A --T--CRANK THERE IS SO MANY 0THER PARTS CONNECTED TO IT THIS TEST WONT WORK. MAGNAFLUX IS THE ANSWER, BUT THIS CANT BE DONE IN PLACE, --TRULY A SAD HAPPENING, PLEASE HANG ON TO YOUR DAMAGED BLOCK AND ALL THE PARTS, IT IS REPARABLE , THINK OF IT AS ONE OF A KIND,DO HAVE THE CRANK YOUR GOING TO USE MAGNAFLUX'D , SET IT ON A HUNK OF WOOD ON END,TAP IT WITH A HAMMER AND YOU WILL HEAR THE RINGING IT WILL MAKE IF ITS SOLID.GOOD LUCK IN YOUR REPAIR'S
