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enzo
04-02-2006, 03:13 PM
I picked up an able stroker motor about a month ago for 2.5k. Motor looked OK and looking in the exhaust ports pistons and hone looked fresh and ready to go. I used a dowel inserted in the sparkplug hole to determine the stoke.
Stroke is +8.

I pulled the flywheel cover and the flywheel was a little rusted and it looked real nasty in there. Seems someone in the past broke a tap off in one of the flywheel cover bolts and drilled one of the dowel pins out and tapped it for amearican threads. Then I found a crack in the cases going from the top of the case by the flywheel cover strait towards the cylinder.

So I called Paul and he said send it to him and he could weld it no problem.

Today I was stripping the motor down to get it ready to ship and I found more cracks in the intake tract! They do not look repairable! Sh!t

So now I need to decide whether to Try to get my money back on the motor or buy new cases and have them modified for the stroker crank and cylinder.

The motor came complete with Carbs, intake, Carbon reeds, Extra set of blank domes, stator, starter,flywheel, bendix, cradles ect.

What sucks is I sold my complete 62t motor a week after I picked this one up! So if I get my money back on this I am starting with nothing.

Any ideas? Attached some pics but cracks may not be visable.
Mile9c1
04-02-2006, 03:31 PM
I can't see the crack on the front side, but the ones in the intake track look pretty bad (if they are indeed cracks and not scratches).

I don't think you'd want to weld all that up, it'd be a lot safer to start with clean cases and get them ported.

Do you have any pics of the bottom side of the cylinder? I'm just curious what the porting looks like.
enzo
04-02-2006, 03:37 PM
I can't see the crack on the front side, but the ones in the intake track look pretty bad (if they are indeed cracks and not scratches).

I don't think you'd want to weld all that up, it'd be a lot safer to start with clean cases and get them ported.

Do you have any pics of the bottom side of the cylinder? I'm just curious what the porting looks like.

I have not pulled the cylinder off the cases. Wanted to make a decision on wether to keep it first.
Mile9c1
04-02-2006, 04:02 PM
Did you get a warranty with it? Here's a set of cases for sale: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=4626831351&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBI%3AIT
Jr.
04-02-2006, 04:18 PM
I agree with Mile, because of all the cracking & not knowing where other fracture points might be hidden, best to replace them.

If you like, give me a call & I can give you some other options
enzo
04-02-2006, 04:21 PM
Did you get a warranty with it? Here's a set of cases for sale: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=4626831351&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBI%3AIT

I could have had those cases delivered yesterday! Butch/Nikad58 came and picked up a hull from me. Oh well.
Matt_E
04-02-2006, 04:22 PM
Personally, I would try to run that motor (with fresh cases, of course).
douglee25
04-03-2006, 08:57 AM
Personally, I would try to run that motor (with fresh cases, of course).

I agree with Matt. Run the motor with another set of cases and see if the gentleman you bought the motor from would reimburse you for the cases and some of your time.

Doug
enzo
04-05-2006, 08:44 PM
The guy I got the motor from is going to pay to have new cases ported and installed! So I am shipping the motor off to paul and hopefully that will be all the motor needs. :biggrin:
douglee25
04-05-2006, 08:56 PM
The guy I got the motor from is going to pay to have new cases ported and installed! So I am shipping the motor off to paul and hopefully that will be all the motor needs. :biggrin:

That was kind of him. You can't beat that with a stick.

Doug
RMBC Freeride
04-05-2006, 09:04 PM
The guy I got the motor from is going to pay to have new cases ported and installed! So I am shipping the motor off to paul and hopefully that will be all the motor needs. :biggrin:

Good call! And nice of the guy to pay for it as well. Paul knows his way around the able billet block... Here is one he did for me (http://www.pwctoday.com/showthread.php?t=47391)... it's killer!

I just love those billet cylinders!!! :arms: :arms: :arms:
enzo
04-05-2006, 09:38 PM
Good call! And nice of the guy to pay for it as well. Paul knows his way around the able billet block... Here is one he did for me (http://www.pwctoday.com/showthread.php?t=47391)... it's killer!

I just love those billet cylinders!!! :arms: :arms: :arms:

The funny thing is your Able build thread is what got me thinking. I remembered a guy that use to race blasters and had a bunch of stoker motors. And I knew he use to have a killer able motor. I finally tracked him down and picked up this motor, so.....thank you!