Billy Zoom wrote:
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> > I remember a story about an old Buick straight eight. The crank broke
> > seperating the front two cylinders. The engine ran fine, the car
> > drove, the only clue was that it was down on power, and the crank
> > shaft pully wasn't rotating-so no charge or cooling..
>
> Pull the other leg...I'm walking in circles..
> I'm guess the engine was so old, the cam kept spinning out of habit,
> but how do you balance 3/4 of a crankshaft???
Hey, good point. I'll have to confront the origionator of this story.
-Aron Travis-
"always in a automotive frenzy"
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