kshansen
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- Central New York, USA
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- Retired Mechanic in Stone Quarry
It looks like it will hold water, fill it up and wait for it to freeze, rotate 90 degrees and try it again. Might work?
Weld or plug all the holes except one, hook a paint sprayer to that one and pump in the water. That would have the power to ruin the flywheel, possibly the threads on the crank too, if the pressure held.
Now that's a novel approach!
Clean off all the dirt, oil and loose rust then get some good tape like Gorilla tape and seal all but one opening near the top. Fill with water and hope for a good freeze overnight. That might just work! What have you got to loose a couple dollars for the tape and a gallon of water. Only problem is waiting for freezing weather in NJ. But if it's been sitting since July what's a couple more weeks.
Anyone who doesn't think ice can impart much pressure needs to take a schedule 40 pipe nipple and two pipe caps. Put cap on one end and fill with water then put cap on the other end and stick it in the freezer! I recall having a problem with bulges in the front frame of our 560 Hough loaders, the supports for the cab. These were something like 3/4 to 1 inch thick steel plate. We were trying to figure out why they had this bulge in them and got the idea it had to be from ice in the winter. Took a cutting torch and put a small hole down at the lowest point and sure enough a steady ****** of rusty water poured out