Posted by Ken Cullinan on Thursday, December 15, 2005 at 7:49PM :
Not exactly Power Wagon related, but someone may have experience that can help.
Putting together my Road Runner's 383 and recently acquired 833 4 speed. Unfortunately, got some bad internet advice and after everything was together, I found out that the pre-existing hole in the auto crankshaft is too shallow. The pilot bearing fit and the tranny lines up nicely, but is about 1/4 inch too shallow. The input shaft is bottoming out.
Now I am faced with the decision of cutting the input shaft or taking everything apart and getting the crankshaft drilled out. I'm leaning toward the latter since it is a pricey option to have to replace the input shaft should I want to sell the tranny later - plus, it seems like the FUBAR way out.
Does anybody have the specifications of a properly bored manual crankshaft that I can take to the machine shop?
Thanks,
Ken C.
'69 Road Runner (basket case)
'64 W200
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