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truesdaleg · 08-18-2018, 06:31 PM

Larrys40- I see you are in St. Charles, MO. I bought an A engine from a guy named Altenbernd, in St Charles, several year ago which I will eventually install in my car. It had been completely rebuilt 30 years ago my a supposedly Model A expert, but never installed. We were afraid the bearings might be stuck after all those years, so I didn’t try to turn it over. Since then, I have pulled off a couple of the connecting rod and main bearing caps, and the babbit was not stuck and everything looked fine. Since it was that long ago, I don’t know if the engine was balanced, or not (if that makes any difference). I know the right thing to do, while I have it out, would be to have someone, like Dennis Piranio, check it out and balance it. I haven’t asked what that would cost.

When I bought the engine, I asked Chris to include the little stand it was on, because I would probably just roll it around my garage for another 30 years. That was 6 years ago, so you can see I am well on my way to doing just that.

08-18-2018, 06:31 PM	#41
truesdaleg Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Allen,TX Posts: 21	Re: Replacing A connecting rod in place Larrys40- I see you are in St. Charles, MO. I bought an A engine from a guy named Altenbernd, in St Charles, several year ago which I will eventually install in my car. It had been completely rebuilt 30 years ago my a supposedly Model A expert, but never installed. We were afraid the bearings might be stuck after all those years, so I didn’t try to turn it over. Since then, I have pulled off a couple of the connecting rod and main bearing caps, and the babbit was not stuck and everything looked fine. Since it was that long ago, I don’t know if the engine was balanced, or not (if that makes any difference). I know the right thing to do, while I have it out, would be to have someone, like Dennis Piranio, check it out and balance it. I haven’t asked what that would cost. When I bought the engine, I asked Chris to include the little stand it was on, because I would probably just roll it around my garage for another 30 years. That was 6 years ago, so you can see I am well on my way to doing just that.