Anyone got a good forged steel 283 crank up here in NorCal??

[SamIyam]

I was assembling the 283 that is going into the digger tonight... I started with piston #1, put it in... and when I went to put #3 in, I noticed some crap on the rod bolt. So I thought "if there is crap on #3's rod bolt, there might be crap on #1's rod bolt. Now I use those little rubber caps on the rod bolts when I assemble motors... but just to check #1, I un-did the cap, and when I rotated the the cranl around to look at #1's bolts, it must have whacked the crank. Well, I didn't see any crap, but then I put the cap back on, rotated the crank and when I went to wiggle the rod back and forth on the journal, I noticed that it would not move side to side... I immediately knew something was wrong. I pulled the cap and the nick that the rod had put in the crank had made a groove in the bearing.

Maybe this is the engine gods way of telling me we need a forged crank.

Soooooo... anyone have a good used 283 forged crank lying around? There are issues beyond this cranks new nick that I want to solve by replacing it...

Anyone?

Sam.

[Cadillacin Marcus]

try this Sam... http://www.craigslist.org/sby/car/43592640.html

[lownrusty]

hey Sam pm me your # I may know of one. Paul

[Travis]

I have two 283 cranks laying around but how do I tell if theyre forged? You can have them.

Travis

[38Chevy454]

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I have two 283 cranks laying around but how do I tell if theyre forged?

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Look at the parting line for the crank. If it is about 3/8 inch wide and looks ground off to make approximately smooth, it is a forging. If it has a thin line that is pretty sharp, about 1/16 inch wide, it is cast.

[SamIyam]

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I have two 283 cranks laying around but how do I tell if theyre forged?

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Look at the parting line for the crank. If it is about 3/8 inch wide and looks ground off to make approximately smooth, it is a forging. If it has a thin line that is pretty sharp, about 1/16 inch wide, it is cast.

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This is correct.

Sam.

[Travis]

OK I'll check when I get home tonight... I know one crank was already done (looks brand new) but if they're forged or whatever... you can have them. I don't know when I am going to the Bay Area again, though.

Travis

[tomslik]

the flywheel flange wi be round without the notch whacked out of it.
easy way of telling without having to look too close.

[alteredpilot]

hey sam,
i have a fresh (.010/.010) complete 283 rotating assy with a forged crank, std. alum pistons & rings and rod bearings. i'm in so-cal but i can get it to bakersfield this weekend for the chrr on saturday.
i'll let it go for (relatively) cheap or trade.

[SamIyam]

Alteredpilot, is it a re-man assembly or does it need to be gone through?

I may have answered my own question... the crank I nicked is a standard crank that has seen 6500rpm reliably for years and still looks pretty good. Teh guy at the local machine shop, who is a drag racer, has given us a break on a few things and said he'd grind it and give us new bearings for $100... this is after all an interim motor. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Anyone else ever find themselves spending $100 here and $100 there and next thing you know you got $1000 in what was supposed to be a low buck deal? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I know I have,
Sam.

[ESnacky6]

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Anyone else ever find themselves spending $100
here and $100 there and next thing you know you got $1000
in what was supposed to be a low buck deal?

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Sam,
hahahaha
I really, really, don't want to go into details,
but YES.... and more than a couple of times....

I had fun hangin' out, BS'n, etc. on Sat. at Billetproof....
is your son still singing Rick's 'special' song..??
That was way too funny man...!!!

Take it easy..!! -Jack the Snack....

[sodbuster]

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Anyone else ever find themselves spending $100 here and $100 there and next thing you know you got $1000 in what was supposed to be a low buck deal? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I know I have,
Sam.

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Yes, and I never get a ticket for the bill and I pay cash so that the wife does not see it.

[Travis]

OK Sam...

Sorry it's so late but here I am (I worked 15 hours today)...

Both of the 283 cranks are forged... one obviously needs to be checked out... the other is pretty nice as is. Want them? And if so, how do we hook up?

Travis

[alteredpilot]

sam, its FRESH. zero miles since done. still slathered in assembly lube.

mitch