No in the car. Max took a vid of it. He put the instrument cluster
back in to see oel pressure. Cranked it about 3 seconds and it lit off,
ran a few seconds then died, probably fuel starvation. Started again,
it ran great, sounded great, good oel pressure, so the oel loss after
the crash when the cooler lines sheared didn't kill it.
We did some serious redneck engineering to get it out. Car is sitting
out back in the dirt driveway (I don't have any concrete except in the
garage. I dragged the car forward up close to where I could get my
trailer up near the engine after we pulled it. Hoist sitting on a sheet
of plywood. Jacked the engine up to clear the front crossmember, then
hooked a chain to the back of the car and dragged it out from under the
engine. Rolled the engine a bit then to get my trailer near it, we got
it on the trailer and ready to take to my friend's barn for storage for
awhile.
I have a few pics, it was getting dark, I'll go take some more of the
broken bits. We got a bit more to strip off the car then off to the
knackers to get a few dinero on the metal.
--R
On 9/11/16 12:45 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
So you ran the engine out of the car? Where is the video or photos?
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On Sep 11, 2016, at 11:42 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Max and I pulled the engine/tranny from Wilton's smashed car yesterday. He
pulled the starter off his wagon and swapped it on to Wilton's engine, turns
out the hit cracked the housing with the gear so that is why it wouldn't spin.
Not clear what hit it but whatever it was gave it a good whack. I unbolted the
mounts, one of the arms on the engine, on the side that took the hit, was
snapped at the mount point so that was inop. Once we got the engine out, the
other mount metal bit had sheared too where the bolt goes into it.
I presume all this was as the Benzgineers intended, the frame can absorb a lot
of energy without taking the engine with it and depositing it in, say, your lap
or face. Lot better if all that stuff breaks than keeping the engine connected
to the frame.
The engine farred right up and ran fine with some old oil in it, the cooler
lines looped back on themselves, and me squirting some water in the top rad
hose while the water drained out the bottom of the rad somewhat slowly. Good
engine! I am advocating to transplant it into the POS convertible he bought
(well, it's not Kleb-quality POS) to get a dizzel ragtop, but he says mama
ain't likin the klattaklatta no more...
Wilton was very lucky to be driving that car when the dumbass hit him.
BTW the $20 HF recip saw with a good metal blade is your friend, as is a BF pry
bar.
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--FT
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