[Vwdiesel] Cheapo rebuild--Crankshaft

[Stephen Kraus]

Would a short block crank work in it? I have one

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Dave Cook <davevw at yahoo.com> wrote:

> At this point I am starting the doubt the feasability of my goal of getting
> the engine together this weekend.
>
> I have three engines in the garage:
>
> 1) Original in the car, threw the rod.
>
> 2) Mostly complete, planning to rebuild. Engine code is from a Rabbit
>
> 3) Longblock, engine code from a Vanagon
>
> I got #2 mostly torn down preparing to clean up the block, paint it, and
> hone the cylinders.  This was slowed by an eye infection and a broken water
> pump bolt but both those things are being taken care of/taken care of.
>
> I pulled the sprocket off #2 to discover that the woodruff keyway has been
> damaged both in the sprocket and in the crank.
>
> So what to do?
>
> As you could see in the pics, the crank is damaged at least some in the
> in-car motor.  I was not planning to tear that apart until it was time to
> transfer parts to the new motor, for ease of remembering where everything
> goes.
>
> I had basically nixed the Vanagon block (#3), thinking that this particular
> engine had worked really hard pushing the Vanagon around until the valve
> embedded itself into the head.
>
> What I'm wondering about is if the Vanagon crank would have taken much of
> the damage, or if it would have been in the bearings?
>
> I presume that it would be a bad idea to use the Vanagon crank in #2 with
> #2's bearings.  So if I was going to use the Vanagon crank I would want to
> use new bearings to put them together.  Right?
>
> I haven't gotten the crank all the way out of the block yet, but the main
> bearings were looking ok overall so I was hoping to get away without having
> to replace them.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave Cook
>
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________________________________
> Don't get soaked.  Take a quick peek at the forecast
> with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut.
> http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather
> _______________________________________________
> Vwdiesel mailing list
> Vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/vwdiesel
>