[rowens55]

Originally Posted by bruce lancaster

yup. I bought an nos 1936 crankshaft at hershey, still sealed it its box, back in the sixties.
Hauled that thing home and pried open the box...holy cow!! It was just a shapeless 50 pound iron blob, stuck to the bottom of the box!!
Well, i thought it through. Turned it upside down, stuck it on a shelf way in the back of the garage. Every time i think of it, i go back there and peer into the end of the box with a flashlight. Well, i can see it coming down like stalactites and starting to form up again! The counterweights are about there, the journals are still a little funky.
I just hope i live long enough to see a crank in there, and i sure hope i don't wait too long and see a blob on the other side of the box!

lolololo!!!!!!!!