Ouch.
A friend told me she broke a crank on a TR4 and still drove it home.
I don't know what caused it but I've heard that even the factory cars had
problems over 5,000.
The TR6 is happier at 5,000.
Dave
In a message dated 9/25/2013 7:57:50 AM Central Daylight Time,
wsb1960tr3a@att.net writes:
> Well shoot...
> I was conducting my daily historical reenactment of
> Ken Richardson's Jabbeke run on my way to work on Tuesday when all hell
> broke
> loose under the hood. As I was reaching for the key I could see oil
> pressure
> falling. I had the engine off in seconds. No oil leaking, actually no new
> oil
> leaking out of the block. The car went home on a flat bed tow truck.
> Got
> home from work last night, pulled the pan and found this:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/39699927@N08/9932678513/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/39699927@N08/9932557605/in/photostream/
>
>
> Crank break just aft of #4 shear web at the rear main bearing.
> I didn't
> find any metal in the pan and it looks like it didn't take anything else
> with
> it. I guess that I am lucky.
> I have never taken the engine over 5,000
> rpms and rarely go above 4500. I wonder what brought this on. Maybe I
> should
> have had a harmonic balancer.
> I suppose that I am not the first guy to
> have this happen to him. Are there any specific things I should be
> checking? I
> was wondering if it might have damaged the #4 connecting rod or maybe the
> rear
> bearing.
> Time for a tear down. Dang! I just about have my TR6 on the road
> and just bought a Renown.
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