I picked up another 440 motor. Its from a 79 Trailfire. Its clean as a pin inside and out except :wall: I busted a ring putting a jug back on. I am pretty sure its a factory piston, all it has for markings are "E" and the direction arrow. Can anuone tell me who makes this factory piston an...

I agree it was not the best fix in the book, and if I had another option within my budget I would have taken it. I thought about welding it but if it didnt work down the road at least I would still have a buildable crank once I free up the cash. for that matter I am only out a seal kit for trying. I...

I am a hack I admit it. Anyways, I ended up taking the crank to my work and used the press to run the counter weight back down to get the rod side clearences. I resealed the bottom end and checked the run out and it was still well in spec. put it all back together and it seems to run as good as new....

That makes sense. So its a fair bet that if I cant find a used good crank this one will not be able to be rebuilt, and I am s.o.l. Or can they be re-pressed to take up the clearences. I can see on the counter weight that it has backed off the rod pin by about .030 or so. I cannot spot any other dama...

I tried calling this morning but no answer. I dont understand how this rod ended up with so much side clearence. I do not see any strange wear marks in the case and the pistons show almost zero wear. The bearings seem ok with the exception of one outter oring is wasted. What else should I be looking...

Ok I dove in head first to replace the blown crank seals on my 79 440 TF. All was going well with the tear down what a surprise. Anyways upon inspecting the crankshaft, I noticed that one rod has alot more side clearence. If I understand the service manual the rod side clearence is .027 max. Well on...

Ok thanks for all the replys. Hope it all goes well as I will be able to go ice fishing this year if it does. By the way here is the puller I ordered, this should do the job yes? http://www.alliedleisurecorp.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=390

Ok I have all the gaskets and seals to redo the blown ones. I bought a original comet clutch puller so I am set there. Threw searching I have seen that some people are having trouble removing there clutches and either strip threads, mess up there crankshaft etc. I have a few days before the puller a...

I found that shooting some starting fluid around the crank seal area while its running can tell you if there is a good seal or not. if it starts reving up they are shot. But with there age you might want to just change out the set.

Thanks for the numbers. Ray

Can someone point me in the direction of where to pick up one of those rubber grommets that the fuel line goes threw on the gas tank. Mine is all split and was blobed with silicon. also a sorce for the check valve in the tank. Mine just had a hose and I read someplace it was to have a valve to.

It has a speedo and a open hole the same size that I asume a tach once lived in. I will check out e rape. Thanks.

My trail fire does not have a tach. I would like to do some fine tuning on the carb after I get done with the re seal and I think I will need one. Any idea were to sorce one up or is there a way to hook up a digital voltage meter to read rpms. Thanks for any help.

Thanks again for all the advice on were to get a book. I have not torn into the sled because I have been waiting for the proper procedure and tools. I dont want to mess it up. The sled only has a hair over 20 hours on it so it should still be good on the inside. I did do a compression check on it th...

I does not look to difficult but unless I have a book with specs I get that deere in a headlight look. I will check the local JD dealer and see what they have to say about a book Thanks for the replys