Adrian stated that he has fixed these before but not sure of the reliability of the fix. He welded a plate (Al I believe) behind the #1 as seen below.
As you can see, this is the same modification that is done behind #3 to prevent cracks normally. You can also notice that an align bore was done as the welding most likely moved things a bit. The thrust surface was good and did not need machining. So I have the case back and it is ready to be cleaned with soap and water and make sure all the oil passages are clear and clean.
Adrian showed me some other mods he is doing to cases to make them stronger. They appear to be something I would like him to modify my case sometime in the future.
I also had the crank sent out for grinding and they communicated that it was cracked all over and was no good. I obviously had to buy new. Adrian was doing this leg work for me and had called me to tell me the bad news, I had to make a decision between a chinese crank, stock, counter weighted chinese or brazilian cranks. I had the brazilian counter weighted before and choose it again.
There is a coating on the crank that I will have to clean off before any kind of assembly can happen. Notice the eight dowels for the flywheel. This is what I had before.
It did not break but I guess it was cracked. I did not know how to do the ring test well until I received the new one a day ago.
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So the crack in the case in this position will cause an oil leak in front of the engine where the flywheel is located. I kept thinking the leak was something else. This should end the chase for the infamous oil leak.
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