Bye-Bye

[LVJJJ]

Darn, going to have to say good-bye to GMT-400. Broke the crankshaft in my relatively new 383. As the Suburban is 30 years old, wife doesn't want to fix it, so its a parts truck now. She wants a newer truck. The sad part is that I put a lot of money into it to make it the ultimate tow vehicle. Went to start it a few days ago and ran really really rough. Shut it down. Thought it might be a loose plug wire, but all were connected. Tried again and was rougher then heard a big crunch, the harmonic balancer broke off of the front of the crankshaft. Then it ran better but the serpentine belt wasn't turning. I knew it was over, so sad. Enjoyed working with you all and thanks for all the help along the way.

 

[SUBURBAN5]

Are you selling it or selling parts?

 

[FrankieD61]

Darn, going to have to say good-bye to GMT-400. Broke the crankshaft in my relatively new 383. As the Suburban is 30 years old, wife doesn't want to fix it, so its a parts truck now. She wants a newer truck. The sad part is that I put a lot of money into it to make it the ultimate tow vehicle. Went to start it a few days ago and ran really really rough. Shut it down. Thought it might be a loose plug wire, but all were connected. Tried again and was rougher then heard a big crunch, the harmonic balancer broke off of the front of the crankshaft. Then it ran better but the serpentine belt wasn't turning. I knew it was over, so sad. Enjoyed working with you all and thanks for all the help along the way.

You should still lurke and hit up the lounges.

 

[fancyTBI]

April fools?

 

[FrankieD61]

April fools?

lol, if so, fooled me!

 

[L31MaxExpress]

If this is not a bad April fools day joke...I would have a hard time not getting another crank and installing it even if only to sell the unit as a running vehicle.

 

[99xcss4]

this is a bad april fools joke right aint broke and you are not being forced to sell it and if it is true that it is broke you are going to pull the engine and fix it and drive it for another 30 years

 

[Erik the Awful]

Broke the crankshaft in my relatively new 383.

We'll need the full skinny on the crankshaft. What brand, etc.

 

[rebelyell]

x2

 

[FrankieD61]

It’s April second now. Time to blast out the big “April foolsssssss”.. lol