well i got me a cheap harbor freight engine stand today. bolted it up to the starter holes. it mounts up pretty nice. being able to flip it around is so nice. well the rod is broke for sure, in about 20 pieces. the crank has some major galling on it. i see 2 small nicks in the side of the journal. it looks like that could be cleaned up with no ill effects. i dont know if there is any scoring on the crank journal jet since there is so much aluminum on there. i have not attempted to get the flywheel off yet. i dont know if i should try and scrape some of teh aluminum off to try and see whats going on or just leave it to the machine shop. i see on brian miller's site that he machines the rods for actual bearings. im guessing this would be steel bearings like a normal rod. seems like that would be alot better than aluminum on a steel crank. the bore is standard size i just did a quick caliper measurement so see. i havent got good numbers with a mic yet. you can see in the pictures i have some nicks at teh very bottom of the bore. 2 of them seem to be in the skirt area. they are below the ring where area. i tried to get my pit mic on it but it was being bothersome. the largest one was around .015 deep. there is one you can see that is right in the ring areas. it seems to be only around .005 deep. if the nick is down below the ring area, would it really mater if it is cleaned up all the way? there is still cross hatch down where most of them are. i am concerned with the one in the ring area. i dont want to bore out more than i have to.
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1979 1650, #1 tiller with one extension, 90 degree box mounted, 3 point. 1961 4 digit bringing back to life. I have the mower and 3 pint for it. The 1650 is the fastest mower in the neighborhood.
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