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Old 10 March 2012, 16:08   #1
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Just removed a crank from a poorly Mercruiser 4.3 ltr V6 (year 2000) which had its main bearings fail, in turn it's lightly marked the crank to a point which it will require grinding back, with the then new correctly sized shells being needed.

Luckily the pistons, bores etc are all spotless so it's worth re-building. Provided the crank can be done of course!

So my question is who do or you used and who would you recommend ? Ideally local to Plymouth or at least Devon/Cornwall.

it's not something we would normally get involved with, normally they just go the the relevant dealer for repair but this one owes us too much to do so.

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Old 10 March 2012, 16:19   #2
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Hi Peter

Not quite down your way i know (near Dorset/Hampshire border) but we use these guys for all kinds of precition engineering work.

Engine Machining Specialist in Southampton : Saunders Motor Works Ltd

They have recently re-ground the crank of a Volvo Penta D7 for us which decided to ingest it's own sump oil through the turbo seals.....wasn't pretty

They do very good work at a sensible price.

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Hi Peter

Not quite down your way i know (near Dorset/Hampshire border) but we use these guys for all kinds of precition engineering work.

Engine Machining Specialist in Southampton : Saunders Motor Works Ltd

They have recently re-ground the crank of a Volvo Penta D7 for us which decided to ingest it's own sump oil through the turbo seals.....wasn't pretty

They do very good work at a sensible price.

Simon
These guys also have done an aircraft engine ( lycoming 0-200) crank for me in the past .....i'd trust them again like a shot .
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If you don't mind sending it away, these guys are fantastic:-

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Thanks guys, I'll take a look into them but hoping we can find somebody more local to save shipping.

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Paul inch engine services in Plymouth. Or we can do it for you.
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Dito on the Paul Inch sugestion, i don't use anyone else.
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Old 10 March 2012, 22:08   #8
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Great. Thanks very much. I'll get onto them first thing Monday morning.

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Spoke with the guys at Paul Inch and been quoted £150 for the re-grind plus bearings. Does that sound reasonable ? It does to me ?

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I did my range rover 3.9 v8 crank and that cost arround £100 about 6 years ago so £150 with new bearings sounds good to me
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Old 12 March 2012, 14:35   #11
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That's plus bearings.

We've just been onto another (Yeo & Smith) in Plymouth who has quoted us £80 + bearings. We're going to take it down to them and see what they can do.

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