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Re: B-215/R-3.5/R-3.x cam bearing question.

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Subject: Re: B-215/R-3.5/R-3.x cam bearing question.
From: Mark Tinker <mtinker@cisco.com>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 09:28:17 -0500
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

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