[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What am I facing? It came off when wife was about a 1/4 mile from the house > and she got it close to the house. It stayed with the car, wedged against > the fan shroud and supported by the belts. 1981, manual transmission.
The outcome here depends on the threads, in other words did the bolt just gradually back out or are the threads damaged? Best case: you get a new bolt, and you live happily ever after. If the threads are damaged, in theory you can try to machine the crank but no one I have talked to supports that on a diesel, in practice. The alternative is a new crank. I don't enjoy telling you this, but it's based on my own experience a few years ago. I was lucky... the bolt went in, tightened okay and everyone breathed a sigh of relief... when it was still there a couple of months later. Was your engine rebuilt at some point? Mac
