[Farmall] 39 Farmall A crankshaft question

[Tractorman453657 at aol.com]

The side to side movement is normal for the A connecting  rods.  If you 
would need a crank  I have a turned crank in my spare  parts. It is like new. 
ready to install. I have $265.00 invested in it. Plus  shipping.
tractorman453657 at yahoo.com
 
 
In a message dated 2/27/2010 8:59:46 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
farmallsupera at earthlink.net writes:

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

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