Best friend's RV started throwing belts. Pulleys out of line due to bad harmonic balancer. Fired it up today after two months fixing everything else..
Turned into total "while you're in there job"
Just getting the front off required drilling through 43 heavy duty rivets, cutting through tack welds, pulling out framing nails...
Chevy 454.. The harmonic balancer was ruined by bad front crank seal leaking oil. Previous owner thought it was the oil pan seal. This is after scraping off a 1/2" of RTV off the lower lip.
Replaced timing chain and gears..
Epoxied the fan shroud back together...
All the pulleys were rusted and rough. wire wheel and paint.. Rebuilt balancer hub was stripped out internally. found this out AFTER installing it. Drilled and retapped for larger bolts.
Everything back on.
New water pump
new balancer
new belts
new hoses
new fuel pump
New AC/DC converter panel and LED bulb conversion
rebuilt alternator
rebuilt radiator
rebuilt carb/converted to electric choke
Tore out rusty battery tray and made new one. coated with POR15. base plate made out of old cutting board...
