[tcb] Re: Can a collision move the engine?
- From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:53:57 -0700 (PDT)
I think it is an age thing Chuck. Have you noticed how many of the "younger"
generation are walking around with those things stuck in their ears. It's
difficult to communicate with anyone who under 30. I watch all of the young
golfers playing golf listening to music with them stuck in their ears. How do
they hear someone yell "fore?" Then of course there are the ones who drive
with them. How do they hear a rod knocking in their VW bus? Or the pulley
about to play frisbee in the engine compartment?
--- On Wed, 10/15/08, chuck blue <sukchew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: chuck blue <sukchew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Can a collision move the engine?
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 7:17 AM
Thanks Sammy,He won't listen to me.
Its pretty hard to hear engine noises when a person is driving around with
things stuck in their ears to hear music.loose bolt on the pulley is the cause
of the pulley wearing and moving into the tin after it was tightened.
----- Original Message -----
From: sammie smith
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 9:26 PM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Can a collision move the engine?
There ain't no way the tree caused the pulley problem; or any other engine
damage.
--- On Tue, 10/14/08, Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Can a collision move the engine?
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 5:48 PM
I have done absolutely zero work of maintenance on Murray's mechanicals since
the tree kissing. When ever I did start him to move him a few yards while doing
the body work, there was a banging noise that I thought was the tailpipe
banging against the body metal. When Chuck and I were replacing the electronic
points with real points, I noticed that the crank pulley nut was loose. It took
a few turns. I also had to push the cooling tin away from the pulley. When I
started the engine with Chuck looking at the engine we found that the pulley is
way wobbly.
There was no problem before the crash. I say that I was going, maybe, 15 MPH
when I hit the tree, because I can't think that I was going much faster, maybe
I was.
The question is, would a front collision cause the engine to move forward,
maybe 1/4-1/2 inch? How hard would I have to smack to cause the engine to go
forward far enough to bend the pulley?
Let's all make a wish that the crank wasn't damaged. I'll know tomorrow, maybe.
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