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.
-Bill in Tehachapi
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