<VV> more on the mangled rod

[Lon Wall]

Jedd - It all depends on the damage you find. Regardless, unless you 
knoww the pistons and barells have been recently replaced (last 5 or so 
years) they should always be the first place to spend money. Lon

www.corvairunderground.com


Jedd Hebrink wrote:

>For all those who have seen the pictures of the broken rod and cap I posted,
>here is a bit more background:
>
>The car (66 Monza 110 PG) belongs to my 21 year old daughter.  She was
>driving at freeway speeds when she heard, in her words, "a loud, sharp
>crack".  The engine continued to run but started shuddering badly.  She got
>off the road and called her brother.  Together they managed to get it
>another mile to her home.  I trailered her car to my workshop and started
>it.  It was not seized and would start, but not run.  That's when I did the
>compression test and discovered none in cylinder #3.
>
>I am sure there are many opinions and in the end, I will have to find my own
>answer, but can anyone suggest how far I should go with rebuilding this
>engine?  My daughter loves her car, but does not have heaps of spare cash.
>My wife and I are willing to help her, both with buying parts and my doing
>as much of the rebuild as possible.  I guess my specific questions are,
>after identifying the possible (likely) damage to the crankshaft and perhaps
>the camshaft as well, should I focus on just replacing broken parts, or go
>ahead and replace all six cylinders, pistons, rings, rods, bearings, have
>the heads done, etc., etc.  Just pricing out replacement parts makes me
>think we could easily drop a couple of thousand dollars.  I would really
>appreciate hearing from the group on what you thinks makes the most sense,
>especially for daily driver that is otherwise in very "average" condition.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jedd
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