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I’m a new member checking out your post. How do you post? I don’t see where to post a question.
This engine may have a problem at the starter ring gear. If a bolt is loose it can lock against the engine block. Make sure the distributor shaft is intact, it might be able to lock the crank otherwise. If something gets jammed in the oil pump chain it might lock the engine.
Seems there is excessive play in the journals? Any play by hand is bad news and points to main bearing lockup from heat. If the journals were loose, the engine was harmed but possibly without generating debris in the oil. Not likely but could happen. Someone may have done a poor rebuild and it locked up before much damage was done.
I’m a new member checking out your post. How do you post? I don’t see where to post a question.
This engine may have a problem at the starter ring gear. If a bolt is loose it can lock against the engine block. Make sure the distributor shaft is intact, it might be able to lock the crank otherwise. If something gets jammed in the oil pump chain it might lock the engine.
Seems there is excessive play in the journals? Any play by hand is bad news and points to main bearing lockup from heat. If the journals were loose, the engine was harmed but possibly without generating debris in the oil. Not likely but could happen. Someone may have done a poor rebuild and it locked up before much damage was done.
Being a new member, I’m attempting to learn the ETCG posting. I can’t find where to post my inquiry, so maybe you can tell me since you succeeded. As for the grease fittings, I have seen it happen many times in replacing parts that the replacement part has no fitting. I assume this is done because the part is forged in better alloy and won’t wear as fast, and the rubber formulation is able to last maybe ten years without letting in dirt. Internally the design probably allows the grease to travel rapidly throughout rather than burst out the rubber seal. If so, let’s be proud of these guys who bring us superior parts. On my 2001 dodge van I have good lookin rubber on the steering components, and not all have grease fittings. The van holds tight at speed, much to my surprise. My fords were not so good, and I really think the old cross beam suspension with kingpins caused positive feedback rather than negative feedback. Systems generally stabilize with negative feedback and go haywire with positive. I have seen new vans and trucks hold road OK with cross beam, but I’m not sure why the difference shows so bad with older ones. When I replaced rubber bushings it did not help.
Being a new member, I’m attempting to learn the ETCG posting. I can’t find where to post my inquiry, so maybe you can tell me since you succeeded. As for the grease fittings, I have seen it happen many times in replacing parts that the replacement part has no fitting. I assume this is done because the part is forged in better alloy and won’t wear as fast, and the rubber formulation is able to last maybe ten years without letting in dirt. Internally the design probably allows the grease to travel rapidly throughout rather than burst out the rubber seal. If so, let’s be proud of these guys who bring us superior parts. On my 2001 dodge van I have good lookin rubber on the steering components, and not all have grease fittings. The van holds tight at speed, much to my surprise. My fords were not so good, and I really think the old cross beam suspension with kingpins caused positive feedback rather than negative feedback. Systems generally stabilize with negative feedback and go haywire with positive. I have seen new vans and trucks hold road OK with cross beam, but I’m not sure why the difference shows so bad with older ones. When I replaced rubber bushings it did not help.