Recent content by Filo1420

Thanks. I’ll be taking it and the block to the machine shop pretty soon. Hopefully they can save them both.

Just measured the stroke, it’s 4”.

Thanks for the info. Guess the only way to be certain is to measure the stroke. Any idea what the numbers indicate?

Thanks for the help. So glad I found this forum.

Am I correct in assuming this is a Mercury 4” crank? What do the numbers represent? Thanks for your help.

That’s the plan. They aren’t frozen. Amazingly nothing from the backing plate outboard was frozen. The bearings even look new.

I’ll check it out.

I’ll check it out.

Thanks. I’ll be leaving them on there. Just blast what I can. Haven’t heard of ospho, I’ll have to look it up.

Thanks. I’ll look into it.

Thanks for the info. Looks like I will be leaving them on then.

This my first post. Searched a while and couldn’t find the solution. I’m just starting a 1940 Deluxe Coupe teardown and rebuild and am currently taking apart the front suspension and brakes. I’ve got the backing plate off and disassembled except for the adjustment cams. What is the trick to...