Lightning is Down

[Tony2000]

well like the title says THE LIGHTNING IS DOWN AGAIN
while crusing at about 70mph N on I35 punched it a little bit to pass then it happend the truck died, just like if I had shut it off, pulled to the side and noticed that the pulleys wouln't turn when I cranked it but yet they would move if i turned them by hand. next day started checking it and i found that the crank had broke, aperantly i got a cast crank insted of a steal when i bought the block, and it snaped right at the top part where the oil pump and timing gears go,now i got no ride and worst thing about it no money to fix it need new crank, inpect the heads, gaskets, and much more, i'll post pics latter

[jcblack]

Sorry to hear about that Tony. I hope that everything turns out well.

[Wht95Lightning]

Damn that's pretty rotten luck. Were you expecting to get a forged crank? Is there any kind of warranty on your block?

[99WhiteBeast]

Soory to here about that- hopefully you can get it worked out soon

[Sixpipes]

Tony,

Hopefully you can just replace the crank without a whole lot of extra expense. I would get in touch with Terry (should he survive his mystery weekend adventure). :cool:

[my2002lightning]

Tony,

Sorry to hear. :( Hope you get the L fixed soon.

Ronald

[99WhiteBeast]

There's a guy (J98) selling a 5.4L forged crank for sale over in the "parts for sale" section at dfwstangs.net

http://www.dfwstangs.net/

can't link directly to the thread for some reason:confused:

[wesman]

Hmmm...if my crank is ok once Terry and I do the swap, you can have my crank. Not sure if it's good or not, cause I know one of the rods exited stage left through the block :eek:

If it helps you out though, you're more than welcomed to it.

--wes