I was 20 when I done this one.
I had an old ElCamino once. Typical 350 engine and th350 trans.
The car started knocking, sounded like a rod. I pulled the engine and replaced the main and rod bearings. The old ones were worn but didn't look that bad.
Put the engine back in the car and it still knocked!
I pulled the engine again and put a 10/10 crank in it. Still knocked!
I figured that it must be a piston or something of that nature. I pulled the engine again! Went to a junkyard and bought a engine from a wrecked pickup. The pickup was a stickshift so I had to swap the flywheel for the flexplate.
I put the junkyard engine in and it sounded the same!
I then figured that maybe their was something weird with the torque converter. I pulled the trans and put another torque converter in it.
Still knocked.
I pulled the trans down again and took it to a trans shop that a friend worked at to have it rebuilt.
I told them my tale of 2 weeks, 2 engines, cranks, bearings, torque converters etc.
The guy behind the counter asked me if I had looked at the flexplate closely, which I had not really, just bolted it up....A few times.
Went home and removed the flexplate......Sho-nuff it was cracked! Had a crack between 2 of the bolts that hold it to the crank.
[ March 09, 2004, 10:49 PM: Message edited by: Chris142 ]
The car started knocking, sounded like a rod. I pulled the engine and replaced the main and rod bearings. The old ones were worn but didn't look that bad.
Put the engine back in the car and it still knocked!
I pulled the engine again and put a 10/10 crank in it. Still knocked!
I figured that it must be a piston or something of that nature. I pulled the engine again! Went to a junkyard and bought a engine from a wrecked pickup. The pickup was a stickshift so I had to swap the flywheel for the flexplate.
I put the junkyard engine in and it sounded the same!
I then figured that maybe their was something weird with the torque converter. I pulled the trans and put another torque converter in it.
Still knocked.
I told them my tale of 2 weeks, 2 engines, cranks, bearings, torque converters etc.
The guy behind the counter asked me if I had looked at the flexplate closely, which I had not really, just bolted it up....A few times.
Went home and removed the flexplate......Sho-nuff it was cracked! Had a crack between 2 of the bolts that hold it to the crank.
[ March 09, 2004, 10:49 PM: Message edited by: Chris142 ]