Learned a hard lesson, cranks are different.

You have my sympathy.  And I thought things like that only happen to me.   Joe   

Or just had the cone on the back of the crank turned down... or a custom bushing to add the cone -- whichever the case is. I forget right now, don't want to look back since it really doesn't matter -- the point is there was another option that wouldn't have cost as much. Nothing wrong with the way you went about it though. Maybe you can recoup some of your money by putting the 0.010" bearings and crank on e-bay -- just specify exactly which trans the crank is for and why you're selling it. Maybe someone will sympathize with some cash... 

MARTINSR wrote: LOL, I have some memories of my pop doing similar stuff.  Thanks for the great story. This crank problem came along on kind of a funky weekend for me. Things were not going well on a number of fronts and this was just another thing that fried me out. The only good thing was something I thought I wouldn't enjoy, and didn't until later. I ran an "Ethernet" cable from my modem to my sons XBOX in his room under the house. I was not looking forward to going under the house. I had spent 6 friggin weeks going under the house during a complete bathroom remodel finishing just a month ago. Going under the house was NOT something I wanted to do. But I did, and he went under with me helping me.   When you have a 13 year old who spends more time at friends houses than with you, that time was a good time, damn it, it was a great time with my son.   Brian

Back in the mid-90s, I wired the whole house CAT5 ethernet, all except the bathroom - have since gone wireless. Not as speedy as 1gig Ethernet, but much simpler. Our house has a full basement with a drop-ceiling, so save for the walls, the wiring was simple
I hated going under our first house.  UUGGHH - the original people ran the pipes along the foundation walls, outer perimeter of the crawl space - on the NW corner of the house! So we had a good freeze one winter and busted every single water pipe under the house.
I had to replace it all - and ran it clear away from the foundation walls.
My son was only about 2 months old then so wasn't able to help at all..........

I agree - post your extra stuff here 4 sale, and/or ebay it. at least try to "cut" your loses.


Edited by billd - Aug/25/2010 at 6:59am

Not sure if you started a new thread, but in a nut shell all 199/232/258/4.0L cranks will physically interchange, and all tranny's available on those cars interchange also. Only catch is the bell housing change in 1972 to the same as the V-8 (earlier have smaller diameter bell and different bolt pattern). Crank flange is the same.