Hi All,
Last year (June?) my son decided to pull the cast 383" stroker in his MCSS and build a new all steel, long rod motor. The main reason being the old motor was making a he!! of a racket, the source which we never could pinpoint. It seemed to be worse at idle and off-idle and at minimal loads. Some very serious clanking and misc. metal-to-metal noises that went away under acceleration or coast.
Well, he finally got around to inspecting the botton end and we found the crank end play had ballooned from 0.008" to 0.024"! I'm ASSuming the noises were the rods or wristpins banging around. What would cause the massive gain in end play? He had a TCI 3500 stall 10" converter which appears to be normal (no obvious swelling), is there a way to check it for damage?
Last year (June?) my son decided to pull the cast 383" stroker in his MCSS and build a new all steel, long rod motor. The main reason being the old motor was making a he!! of a racket, the source which we never could pinpoint. It seemed to be worse at idle and off-idle and at minimal loads. Some very serious clanking and misc. metal-to-metal noises that went away under acceleration or coast.
Well, he finally got around to inspecting the botton end and we found the crank end play had ballooned from 0.008" to 0.024"! I'm ASSuming the noises were the rods or wristpins banging around. What would cause the massive gain in end play? He had a TCI 3500 stall 10" converter which appears to be normal (no obvious swelling), is there a way to check it for damage?
