BruceH
BBB Big Bore Boss 322
I've seen it happen to other people on the forum and always wondered why they would suddenly give up on their car. Now I have empathy.
Today I broke the crank bolt off in the crank while pulling the damper chasing down an oil leak, then proceeded to spend a half hour fighting the damper. Turned out the crank bolt washer was still affixed to the balancer with rtv. I had been pulling the balancer against the washer instead of the crank. Finally figured it out but I feel like putting a stock motor motor and tranny in, selling the car and working on my golf game.
Tomorrow I get to figure out what to do about the crank bolt. There are enough threads left in the crank that I can just use a M12x1.5x40mm bolt but I'd prefer to get the rest of the old bolt out.
Then oil weeping troubleshooting continues. First a new front seal will go in, then I'm changing the oil pan gasket out. It's tricky to do with the motor in the car but I've done it before so I know it can be done.
All this to stop a very small oil leak that is driving me nuts.
Today I broke the crank bolt off in the crank while pulling the damper chasing down an oil leak, then proceeded to spend a half hour fighting the damper. Turned out the crank bolt washer was still affixed to the balancer with rtv. I had been pulling the balancer against the washer instead of the crank. Finally figured it out but I feel like putting a stock motor motor and tranny in, selling the car and working on my golf game.
Tomorrow I get to figure out what to do about the crank bolt. There are enough threads left in the crank that I can just use a M12x1.5x40mm bolt but I'd prefer to get the rest of the old bolt out.
Then oil weeping troubleshooting continues. First a new front seal will go in, then I'm changing the oil pan gasket out. It's tricky to do with the motor in the car but I've done it before so I know it can be done.
All this to stop a very small oil leak that is driving me nuts.