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Mechwr26 wrote: ↑

09:38 Tuesday 3rd January 2017

Here's the crankshaft as it was removed. Bit of a mess

Wow, that crankshaft has literally wrenched itself apart, it doesn't look blue from overheating, so assume oil levels OK just prior to the big bang. Did a piston seize in the bore, or was this a faulty forging from the start just waiting to happen?

Many years ago (circa 1986) I drove a Leyland Leopard/Plaxton coach back from Birmingham on an X43 very steadily as there was a 'slight' knock in the O680 engine. It turned out to be wafer thin main bearings, but the the engine and crankshaft lived to fight another day, and those big old 11.1 litre engines revved to 2,400 RPM so they worked very hard on express and stage carriage services.

I was also a storekeeper at BRS in Worcester in the mid 1960s and never saw anything like that crankshaft in four years of ordering spares for AEC AV470 and Leyland O680 engines. Pistons and Liners and occasionally big-end bearings, but never any main bearings, and those wagons were hauling heavy loads most of the time. However, thinking about it, the lorries only ever had one driver, so they tended to look after them more than 'common user' vehicles.

MattW wrote: ↑

16:34 Tuesday 3rd January 2017

The newness has definetly worn off that.

Just a bit. You should be used to that sort of thing, being a Ford enthusiast!

943KHA wrote: ↑

17:28 Tuesday 3rd January 2017

Superglue?

Please don't give them ideas like that...

AdamH wrote: ↑

19:27 Tuesday 3rd January 2017

Just a bit. You should be used to that sort of thing, being a Ford enthusiast!

The new one better not go that way, I've had enough heartache over xmas this year. Happy new year my ar*e.

MattW wrote: ↑

19:36 Tuesday 3rd January 2017

The new one better not go that way, I've had enough heartache over xmas this year. Happy new year my ar*e.

Buy a Subaru... The only disappointment is when it doesn't snow!

I fetched a replacement block and crank for it on Wednesday and its now built up with new bearings etc. Waiting for another box full of bits and I can start putting it back together this week

Mechwr26 wrote: ↑

22:14 Sunday 8th January 2017

I fetched a replacement block and crank for it on Wednesday and its now built up with new bearings etc. Waiting for another box full of bits and I can start putting it back together this week

You have done well, I half expected this bus to be standing for a very long time waiting for parts and / or the money to buy them with the budgetary restraints which seem to be the norm in the latter part of financial year.

Still waiting for a headgasket set and a crankshaft seal... plusvthe starter motor and the propshaft have been robbed off it

I am sure I spotted our Garage Magician test driving 44511 early yesterday afternoon

I wouldn't be too surprised. They were moving the engine into place when I finished work the other evening.

With new mountings?