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MDunstHeadgasket.com626.358.1616=C2=A0Fax=C2=A0626.628.3777=C2=A0Triple R M=
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On=C2=A0Thursday, April 30, 2020,=C2=A0timmmurphh--- via Fot=C2=A0<fot@aut=
ox.team.net>=C2=A0wrote:
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I ordered a Triumph TR4 billet crankshaft from Moldex by phone from Joe Flo=
wers in June 2017.=C2=A0 I received it in September 2017.=C2=A0 At my next =
engine rebuild, in March of 2019, I installed the crank in the prepared eng=
ine block.=C2=A0 It would not completely rotate as the counterweight hit th=
e engine block.=C2=A0 The counterweights had not been completely machined.=
=C2=A0 I returned the crank to Moldex after a phone call to Joe Flower to d=
iscuss the problem.=C2=A0 In about 2-1/2 weeks I received the crank back.=
=C2=A0 I finished the engine rebuild, took the engine off the engine stand =
and proceeded to bolt the flywheel on.=C2=A0 Only three of the four tapped =
holes in the crank were completely tapped.=C2=A0 The fourth had about 2 or =
3 threads and that is all. We broke a tap off in the hole trying to manuall=
y tap it through. I again called Joe, disassembled the engine, and shipped =
the crank back to Moldex for completion. I received it back again in about =
2-1/2 weeks. Reassembled the engine and raced in three weekends in 2019, no=
problems.
=C2=A0
I called Joe in April 2019 and asked to be reimbursed for the $130 in shipp=
ing costs to ship the crank back to him for completion, twice.=C2=A0 Since =
April 2019 I have called about 10 times to ask to recover the shipping cost=
s.=C2=A0 Twice I was told a check had been sent.=C2=A0 I have not received =
the $130 as of this date.
=C2=A0
This is a cautionary tale for those who are thinking of buying a billet cra=
nkshaft from Moldex.
=C2=A0
Tim Murphy
1961 Triumph TR4 #317
=C2=A0
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That is truly a sad story. So very hard to understand. =
;<div><br><br><div id=3D"__aol_mail_signature__">MDunst
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>Headgasket.com</a>
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7" x-apple-data-detectors=3D"true" x-apple-data-detectors-type=3D"telephone=
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le R Munitions, Inc
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--></style><div><div class=3D"yiv7564585039WordSection1"><p class=3D"yiv756=
4585039MsoNormal">I ordered a Triumph TR4 billet crankshaft from Moldex by =
phone from Joe Flowers in June 2017. I received it in September 2017.=
At my next engine rebuild, in March of 2019, I installed the crank i=
n the prepared engine block. It would not completely rotate as the co=
unterweight hit the engine block. The counterweights had not been com=
pletely machined. I returned the crank to Moldex after a phone call t=
o Joe Flower to discuss the problem. In about 2-1/2 weeks I received =
the crank back. I finished the engine rebuild, took the engine off th=
e engine stand and proceeded to bolt the flywheel on. Only three of t=
he four tapped holes in the crank were completely tapped. The fourth =
had about 2 or 3 threads and that is all. We broke a tap off in the hole tr=
ying to manually tap it through. I again called Joe, disassembled the engin=
e, and shipped the crank back to Moldex for completion. I received it back =
again in about 2-1/2 weeks. Reassembled the engine and raced in three weeke=
nds in 2019, no problems.</p><p class=3D"yiv7564585039MsoNormal"> </p=
><p class=3D"yiv7564585039MsoNormal">I called Joe in April 2019 and asked t=
o be reimbursed for the $130 in shipping costs to ship the crank back to hi=
m for completion, twice. Since April 2019 I have called about 10 time=
s to ask to recover the shipping costs. Twice I was told a check had =
been sent. I have not received the $130 as of this date.</p><p class=
=3D"yiv7564585039MsoNormal"> </p><p class=3D"yiv7564585039MsoNormal">=
This is a cautionary tale for those who are thinking of buying a billet cra=
nkshaft from Moldex.</p><p class=3D"yiv7564585039MsoNormal"> </p><p c=
lass=3D"yiv7564585039MsoNormal">Tim Murphy</p><p class=3D"yiv7564585039MsoN=
ormal">1961 Triumph TR4 #317</p><p class=3D"yiv7564585039MsoNormal"> =
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