crankshaft question?

[4geze63]

Last year I was in a collision with my 90 talon, (front left corner), The impact of the collision moved the engine engough for the crankshaft pully to touch the inner fender of the car, just slight enough to take afew outer peices of the pully off, It did not get squished or bent.

So my question is this: I now have a 90 gst, in the spring I plan to swap the motor out of my crashed car into my current car. Will the crankshaft most likly be ok?, or because the pully was touched abit, will that cause the crankshaft to move and therefor have a dead engine?

Is their anyway I can know if this engine will be able to run before I try and swap it in, in the spring. reeason for doesing so is that it had a new tbelt and 58kmiles.

I will probably have the engine pulled by sunday, I have never pulled an engine before and am learning alot, its not really as complecated as I initally thought.

[Defiant]

Oof, that's quite a wallop.

You really can't tell until you can get a dial indicator on it and test. I'd count on that dampener being toast, though.

[4geze63]

can the motor be saved? like I said it wasnt pushed really bad, just enough to mess up the pully whell abit.

[half-cocked]

Originally Posted by 4geze63

can the motor be saved? like I said it wasnt pushed really bad, just enough to mess up the pully whell abit.

Again refer to what defiant said, you need to get a dial indicator on it and see if has any run out or anything. If I were you, pull the engine and get the timing belt/cover, belts, front case, rear main seal and oil pan off while on a engine stand and pull the crank and take it to a machinist. This will also give you the opportunity to put new main and rod bearings in.