what to do with crank

[leeroy20vt]

crank is now out and will be goin to local place to hopefully get sorted 

danny p if i have got a spare con rod kicking let us know what u want for it fella

cheers

[danny_p]

just cover the p&p 

[leeroy20vt]

crank is to far gone    danny p dont sopose u got one of those as well i sent u a pm 

[DOA]

Just a small point but are you going to be stripping the engine before putting a new crank in or just leaving it? Looking at those shells and the fact your crank has obviously bitten the dust theres every chance there is crap floating all the way through the oilways waiting to drop back into the crank journals and take out another crank. Maybe me just being anal but.....

[danny_p]

will have a look see what crancks i have kicking about not sure if i have any std 2ltr ones tho.

crud dosent tend to go up the oilways the oil pump sees to that, tho it is alays good practice to removethe oil pump and blast all the oil ways out, i use air and thinners normaly, also very worh blasting out the oilways in the cranck   just to get the sludge out so new bearings last longer.

sadly if the cranck is fecked your better off looking for a new bottom end if a few shells and a 2nd hand rod would have fixed it its worth doing but when your into shells, rod, cranck you may as well completly rebuild or get another motor

[leeroy20vt]

cheers danny i have sourced another bottom end for 80 quid so will probs get that #

the problem i got is i have only just got new log book thru comfirming engine number as the car was a 1.3 and they haventasked to see it so didnt really want to rock the boat by sending away again for another engine change as it was a pain in the arse to sort this one lol

i was just thinking blowing it out with a compressor to get any sh!t that mayby in there

[leeroy20vt]

rite found a complete bottom end now how do i go about putting the crank out of that bottom end into mine ]

i was thinking crank and conrods but my pistons

also can i just buy a set of standard new shells to put in it or will i have to have it measured

cheers

[danny_p]

fit the bottom end compet is best bet.

if you want to fit the crank o your bottom end    you'll need to check the cranck journals for size ( well you should do ) but 99% of the time they'll still be std

as for pistons whatever set you fit clean them up probly worth a set of rings and hone of the bores

[leeroy20vt]

cheers again danny p only reason i want my original bottom end is 1 its got loads of service history 2 engine number unless u got any ideas around this ?

[Khare]

cheers again danny p only reason i want my original bottom end is 1 its got loads of service history 2 engine number unless u got any ideas around this ?

Might have loads of history but it's obviously fcuked. You're better off replacing the bottom end as Danny said, it'll work out cheaper and easier.