At 04:31 PM 5/27/1999 -0700, The Shadow Knows... wrote:
>All:
>
>(1) An individual in the Buick (Big-Car) list group had a machine
>shop put (unknown) cam bearings in his B-215. Machine shop stated
>there was no (correct) cam bearing available. So they stuffed in
>something, and then scraped them to fit. (I ain't making this up)
>
>(2) Any one with a Sealed Power/etc.. catalog have a P/N listing
>for B-215/etc.. cam bearings. Or a Rover part number. Or any info.
>I could pass on to this (unfortunate) man re: this subject? And/or
>where this guy could order/buy/find a source for cam bearings.
>
> Thanks,
> Mr. Shadow (Ret)
>
I had trouble finding a set when I rebuilt the 3.5L Rover in my TR8 last year.
I finally found a set for the BOP 215 in the J.C. Whitney catalog of all
places. I had my machine shop put them in when they honed the cylinders. It's
one year later and no problems.
Mark Tinker
Systems Engineer, U.S. Channels
Cisco Systems
Dallas, TX USA
Main: 972 364-8791
Fax: 972 364-8733
Pager: 800 365-4578
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