<VV> Not Getting Stranded

[MarK Durham]

Jay, I saw this in a aircraft engine once. It was a 6 cylinder engine and
the crank broke so the forward 4 cylinders were powering the propeller, and
the back two cylinders were turning the oil pump, cam, fuel pump and
magnetos. The pilot said all he noticed was a bang and reduced power but
landed the airplane OK.
As long as all cylinders get fuel and spark the engine could stay running
as long as the driver kept the rpms relatively in sync between the two
sections of crank.
Mark Durham Hauser Idaho
62 Coupe Red/Red
On Nov 3, 2014 10:16 AM, "Jay Maechtlen via VirtualVairs" <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

>
> ok, what do you "adjust" to let you drive with a  broken crank?
> I'm guessing it broke so that the two ends still kind of rotated together,
> just made nasty noises?
>
>
>
> On 11/2/2014 9:21 PM, Smitty via VirtualVairs wrote:
>
>> Smitty says;   Ron I'll see your cam gear and raise you a two piece
>> crankshaft in the middle of south Dakota.  And yes I drove the car back to
>> Virginia after making a couple of minor adjustments.  No tow companies were
>> involved.  When something breaks all you got to do is fix it.  This was
>> also before cell phones.
>>
>>
>> I defy anyone to not be stranded when the cam gear goes when you are on a
>> remote two lane highway beyond sight of any habitation.  It happened to me
>> trying to come home from the Lake Tahoe National.  I didn't even have a
>> cell
>> phone back then and one wouldn't have worked there anyways.
>>
>> Ron Hinz, was in my '63 Rampside.
>>
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