Today I got the latest crank from ebay for my Acura K20A2 motor for the lotus 7 replica.

I took it over to my favorite machinist for an evaluation. Although it was round one journal was so worn it was nearly an eighth of an inch smaller than the other three....way too worn to turn down to a bearing size that is available.

I filed to return it to the seller, telling him of the problem and immediately got a response accusing me of trying to cheat him out of his perfect crank, wanting to return my old junk crank. Very aggressive. So I reiterated the facts and will pursue it with ebay and paypal. Jerk.

Actually bad experiences like this are fairly rare in my experience.

I'll keep you posted as to how it goes.

In the mean time we are sending my original crank off to the repairer to get it welded up so it can be turned to the right size.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.