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| KaptKaos |
 Dec 31 2012, 06:13 PM
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Family  Group: Members Posts: 4,009 Joined: 23-April 03 From: Near Wausau Member No.: 607 Region Association: Upper MidWest  |
Oh crap, belt broke, or so i thought.
Noticed that the engine spun up a little quicker when the light was on. Hmm... Hurried home. Pulled in the driveway, and looked under the car and it's burping oil all over the place!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif) Crap, pull it in the garage and shut it down. Let it cool. Opened the deck lid and checked the burp box to see if maybe it was overflowing or something. Nope. Put her up in the air, pulled off the tin by the alternator, and checked the belt. Still there. Hmm... Run my hand along the belt. To the fan, and the fan is moving fore and aft. Belt still on. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) At this point I am not sure what the issue is, so I start the process to drop the motor. Pull the carbs, disconnect linkage, yada yada.... Plan is to drop the motor and pull the tin and take a closer look. Anyone have this happen before? What was it? What should I be on the lookout for? I assume I will replace the front main seal, the oil pump seal and the oil cooler seals while I am in there, but anything else I should be looking for? Please let me know. TIA |
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| wndsrfr |
Jan 1 2013, 06:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,454 Joined: 30-April 09 From: Rescue, Virginia Member No.: 10,318 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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QUOTE(KaptKaos @ Dec 31 2012, 04:13 PM)  Run my hand along the belt. To the fan, and the fan is moving fore and aft. Belt still on. Hmmmm......for sure--another "Whodunit" puzzler..... You say the fan is moving fore and aft....like it's not solidly bolted to the crank? Or do you mean easy to rotate a bit? (I've had my fan work loose, shear the roll pin that locates it & wobble due to the 3 retaining bolts getting loose but the hub was still firmly attached to the crank.) Sounds more like your hub bolt has come loose enough to shear the woodruff key & allow oil seal to seep via wobbling.... Hope the nose of your crank isn't buggered.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) |
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KaptKaos Driving home last night, the alternator light went on... Dec 31 2012, 06:13 PM
The Cabinetmaker Sounds like the fan bolt has came loose, woodruf k... Dec 31 2012, 07:39 PM mrbubblehead bummer capt..... i hate that sinking feeling when ... Dec 31 2012, 07:49 PM KaptKaos Was too hard to see where the leak was coming from... Jan 1 2013, 06:03 PM
Millerwelds When this happened to me, the fan bolt had backed ... Jan 1 2013, 06:31 PM Woody If the fan hub came off the crank, the hub won... Jan 1 2013, 06:25 PM KaptKaos I have spent the weekend fixing the car.
The wo... Jan 6 2013, 12:36 PM steuspeed So was it the woodruf key or? :confused: Jan 6 2013, 01:28 PM KaptKaos I replaced the woodruff key and the fan hub. The ... Jan 6 2013, 11:04 PM |
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