[AT] 39 Farmall A crankshaft question

[Steve W.]

Al Jones wrote:
> My students got the oil pan off the 39 A this week, and the splitting
> stand I built for them bolted on, so if they are successful with
> their other projects this week, they can start preparing to pull the
> engine the rest of the way apart.
> 
> After school I took a look.  You can wiggle the connecting rods on
> the crankshaft ever so slightly.  The worst one felt like about 1/16"
> of play side to side.  I know there's no way to tell for sure until
> they plastigauge it and mic the journals, but I am anticipating best
> case scenario a crankshaft grind and worst case, weld/grind the crank
> back down or find another crank already turned, or have it turned.
> 
> Anybody got a good source for reground A/B/C crankshafts?  I thought
> I'd do some checking here just to get an idea of where to look.
> Local machine shop is good at this kind of stuff, and is reasonable,
> but I'd like to go in knowing my options.....
> 
> thanks, Al
> 


Valu-bilt shows a reground crank for the A at $510.00 with a $50.00 core
includes rods and mains

-- 
Steve W.