I own a 77 FJ40; I have a major problem with my engine and need some advice as to what I should do. I'll get right to it.
My harmonic balancer has somehow over-extended its rotation around the crankshaft. This caused the key to basically wear down the notch of the external tip of the crankshaft thus, my engine is dead with no timing what so ever. As of right now the LC is sitting at a friends house while I reluctantly drive a taurus station wagon. Im in college with no dough($), so Id like to find out the cheapest way possible to fix my baby.
Since the tip of the crankshaft is the only thing damaged, I was thinking about just simply welding a new key to it. I know this sounds horrible, but I dont have the money yet to rebuild the engine. Do you think that this would work?
Everything else is fine, The tip of the crankshaft is complety worn down by the balancer, so it has about an inch and half of play. What can I do to fix this problem??
Please respond, and help would be most appreciated. sry for the long post.
My harmonic balancer has somehow over-extended its rotation around the crankshaft. This caused the key to basically wear down the notch of the external tip of the crankshaft thus, my engine is dead with no timing what so ever. As of right now the LC is sitting at a friends house while I reluctantly drive a taurus station wagon. Im in college with no dough($), so Id like to find out the cheapest way possible to fix my baby.
Since the tip of the crankshaft is the only thing damaged, I was thinking about just simply welding a new key to it. I know this sounds horrible, but I dont have the money yet to rebuild the engine. Do you think that this would work?
Everything else is fine, The tip of the crankshaft is complety worn down by the balancer, so it has about an inch and half of play. What can I do to fix this problem??
Please respond, and help would be most appreciated. sry for the long post.