<VV> Frustrating weekend, continued

[John Kepler]

Unfortunately, nothing has changed.    

I've stayed out of this.....hoping that the problem would resolve itself.
Since it hasn't, I toss this out as a random number....based on a similar
situation a very good friend encountered in a customer car, and what I still
consider a "1 in a Million" event.  

Jim Sass who some of you from northwest Ohio and SE Michigan may know, had a
140 come in that he could not turn over with the starter.  The engine was
free if turned by hand, and would roll over with the plugs out (sound at all
familiar?).  The owner mentioned that the engine had developed a
"ticking-clunking noise" about an hour before he got it home....where it
refused to restart.  The owner replaced a ton of stuff before he had the car
towed to Jim's.  Verdict:  A busted crank shaft, right through one of the
webs!  The torque from the starter cocked the short-portion of the broken
crank under load, jamming things up enough to keep the starter from rolling
it.

Like I said.....it's a one-in-a-million, but maybe lightning has struck
twice?  BTW....I bought the engine and still have the improbably busted
crank!

John