Well, we (THANK YOU DWAYNE - 1fititman!!!) were just about to drop the engine in the Excursion late this afternoon when we noticed the flexplate was cracked...........

Good luck that it didn't fail when I was driving the X - Bad luck that I didn't notice in February (when the engine came out) that it was broken. Also bad luck that I don't have money to fix it right now. I've asked my pimp for a loan and a raise, but not sure she's gonna give me more than (another) fat lip.

Pics of the carnage for your sadistic viewing pleasure:









It was cracked all the way around. All it took was 2 little tapps from a hammer and the center fell out!

 

I'm picking up a 99 7.3 engine either monday or tuesday and I might be able to help you out depending on what they charge for shipping a flexplate.

 

THANK YOU Brandon, I hope you do! I expect $25 in shipping - lemme know what ya find!!!

 

Jason..i have one

 

I have an almost brand new one on my spare engine

 

SkySkiJason, what were the symptoms of your cracked flex plate? By any chance was there a vibration between 1500-2000 rpm that varied with load?

Chris

 

Thanks guys! Joey is gonna get a close look at his tomorow and if its OK he can nearly throw it over the mountain to me - so it should be here in just a day or 2.

If it has any cracks or signs of fatigue, Frank's does look like its pretty new - so it would be GREAT.

I'll let y'all know what we find out!!!

Btw, its 1fixitman... Maybe I do need glasses - it looked good when I was typing it the first time!

He should be home in an hour or so and since he hasn't been on the forum all weekend, I expect he'll at least get a quick fix tonite. I'll get some pics posted, but he did a BEAUTIFUL job cleaning up my engine wire harness and getting rid of all the superfluous wires (AIH, WG, EBPV). It looks really, really good. Thanks again for all your help - including the work we did on my new burning barrel!!

 

There was no indication whatsoever and this one did have more than 270k miles on it. I pulled the engine due to a cracked piston and only discovered the flexplate was cracked while inspecting it before we installed it on the new engine. Seems like this is a pretty common failure mode...

 

Thanks Jason. My truck has the vibration I described, and it kinda reminds me of how my old 86 GMC van used to feel before a flexplate failure. That truck went through 4 or 5 of them . I'm planning on pulling the cover for a look at the flexplate and TC this weekend.

Chris

 

That barrel is certifiably ready to burn anything once the lid gets cut off. Home safe. Going to bed.

 

Jason
Flexplate looks good to me..Its boxed and ready to go...I need a shipping address..

 

Thank You Joey!!!!!!!!!!

Reps aren't enough... I am so humbled to be a part of this community.

 

when mine went I didn't really get any vibrations, just a loud metal to metal sound that varied with load. The center section was completely separated when it came out.

 

Thats awesome Joey!

 

Thanks Chris, I will post what I find.