Mine went when the #4 piston went, the connecting rod bent in half and my
guess is it jammed in between part of the block and the crank, the other 3
cyls hammered it downwards and that was all she wrote (rod pics-
http://68.82.60.47/Web/rod%20002a.jpg
http://68.82.60.47/Web/rod%20003a.jpg )
couldn't get a shot of the crank though. It gave out in front of the rear
journal- don't think its a design flaw however... *grin*
That's what I get for trying to outrun a TR6 with a Spitfire!
Jon
'77 (mostly) 1500 "Ol' Yeller"
FM66043 7U
www.bigolbear.com/restoration.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Randall Young
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 11:47 AM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Broken crankshafts
> With all the talk about broken crankshafts on the four cylinder
> TRactor engine ,
> how many people have actually broken one or more ?
I haven't broken one personally, but I know several local people that have
(one brought the rear main journal to a meeting for 'show and tell').
However, they were consistently exceeding 5k, and for extended periods of
time.
Randall
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