Dawson, Steve,
I'm afraid the days of having that much free time to completely rebuild
someone else's engine are long gone for me. It's a nice, altruistic
idea, but this club has a hard enough time deciding on drive
destinations - do you want your engine rebuilt by such a committee? You
will definitely get what you pay for (the term "zero sum" comes to
mind). It could work with a more structured organization, or in a high
school auto shop, or if you have a close friend in the club who is
capable, but I'd be pleasantly surprised to see it work by having a
series of tech sessions. My gearbox tech session worked because John's a
friend and you all just watched me take it apart, but it's going to be
enough work for me to rebuild his gearbox, it takes a back seat to my
own projects, and he's going to owe me a lot more than putting together
a resource list for club members...
For a sense of proportion here, Dawson, the engine I'm rebuilding for my
Lotus has taken me 3 months with parts delays, machine shop backlogs,
receiving wrong parts, finding new problems, etc., and would cost me
$8-10,000 from a professional. Even though your MG should not take as
long or cost as much because it is simpler, you want it done correctly,
and probably within the next 5 years, I expect.
Just trying to be honest here. If someone else wants to disprove my
position, please step in.
Cheers,
Greg
Dawson Church wrote:
> OK, this sounds great. I have room in my garage, and there's no time
> pressure, so we could schedule tech sessions to diagnose and (after I
> get the parts required) to fix. I think we should focus on the engine
> and wiring. I can get the carbs and other peripherals rebuilt
> elsewhere easily. But the engine and wiring are very practical for
> other members.
>
> Since I will be getting a lot of value from the club in this form,
> I'll commit to putting together a tech forum / resource list / local
> shop list for the club web site, in return.
>
> Ron, Greg, Steve, others, let me know if you think this is a good plan.
>
> Dawson
>
>
> On May 5, 2008, at 9:23 AM, Steve Lehmann wrote:
>
>
>> i would be inclined to belive that w/ the headpower of the clan and
>> a book why
>> not somebody come up w/a garage for this engine and do it as a club
>> project
>> tech session?
>>
>> of course head will have to go to a shop.
>> (ken-auto life center- yolonda ave)-
>> take in crank-rods ect. and have them miced-
>> i say it could be a good club project.
>> just a thought-
>> steve.
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