Fw: Begging For Help!!

[juliemac57@hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

It will be rejected if the mail is re-directed or mis-spelled in any way.

Thats my 2 bytes.


>From: "Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com>
>Reply-To: "Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Fw: Begging For Help!!
>Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 19:02:55 -0800
>
>I know there are a bunch of computer geeks on this list.  Help this man 
>out?
>
>Larry
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Erik La Celle
>To: Larry
>Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 7:25 PM
>Subject: Re: Begging For Help!!
>
>
>Larry,
>
>Thank you so much for the information.  This is exactly what I was hoping 
>to hear (key is mainly for alignment)!  I think I can salvage this as long 
>as I can get the pulley pinned at exactly TDC.  That whopping huge bolt in 
>the end of the crankshaft should be doing something useful!  I'll let you 
>know how it turns out....
>
>I'm at home and I can't send this to the list because it gets rejected 
>(only works from work).  I asked the list and the general consensus was 
>that a different email address would do this.  My email address is the same 
>either place -- my name is ever so slightly different though.  LaCelle vs. 
>La Celle.  Could that be it?  Or does the list automatically detect an old 
>Compaq and exclude it!?!
>
>Thanks again
>Erik L
>
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Larry
>   To: Erik LaCelle
>   Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 10:01 PM
>   Subject: Re: Begging For Help!!
>
>
>   Erik-
>     If the keyway is chewed, it means the bolt had come loose at some time 
>and let the pulley "work" the key good.  Normally, there is not much stress 
>on a key, it is there for alignment only.  Yes, you could pin the pulley 
>with a dowel pin, just make sure it is a small diameter dowel, since 
>drilling the crank will weaken it.  I don't see any other way to fix it 
>other than remove the crank, weld it up, and re-machine the key.  It would 
>probably be cheaper just to buy another crank.....
>
>   Larry   sandiego16V
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Erik LaCelle
>     To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>     Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 8:34 AM
>     Subject: Begging For Help!!
>
>
>     Help!!
>
>     While putting a new timing belt on replacement motor for my 16v, I 
>notice the keyway for the shaft key on the crankshaft is chewed away as is 
>the key itself on the main pulley.  This is the one piece cast iron pulley 
>for the timing belt and first v-belt.  The problem is the main pulley can 
>now be put on in a number of different positions.  Even if I align the 
>timing marks and tighten the bolt in the end of the crank, I doubt the 
>pulley would stay there since there is nothing to hold it from rotating.
>
>     Needless to say, I am completely BUMMED OUT (wanted to hear it run 
>yesterday) as well as PISSED OFF at the guy I bought it from since he told 
>me he heard it run and it ran well.  I'm not sure how well any motor runs 
>when the crankshaft is off 2-3 notches!
>
>     Has anyone seen this before?  Does it happen often?  Or was this 
>engine the victim of a bad mechanic, perhaps over zealous with a large 
>impact driver on the crankshaft bolt when the key wasn't lined up right?
>
>     I've thought about he possibility of drilling through the pulley into 
>the crankshaft to insert a steel dowel or two to keep the pulley from 
>rotating.  Does anyone know what the shearing force is on the key?  If the 
>force is too great, I imagine a dowel would not last under the pressure 
>(less surface area than a key).  Any thoughts?  Is there another fix 
>besides replacing the crank and pulley?
>
>     Dejected in Rochester,
>     Erik L


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