Joe Curry wrote:
>
> Leave it to Ted Schumacher to come up with, "A Better Idea". Good Work,
> Ted, now everybody can steal your idea. Did you patent the process?
> This could start another round of "Litigation Messages"
>
> Joe
>
> Ted Schumacher wrote:
>
> > joe, i think everyone is missing the point. if the engine is rebuilt
> > correctly with the end float tolerance at the tight end (.004") it won't
> > make a lot of difference. the engine does turn over easier with the
> > clutch in since it takes lass effort to overcome the clutch drag than it
> > does to oevercome the drag from the 90 weight gear oil. the secret to
> > the thrust washer problem on this engine family - which also includes
> > tr6 - is to pin the thrust washers to the block. this is done with
> > brass pins - we use .100" diameter brass rod - and drill through the t/w
> > into the block. since the brass is softer than the t/w material, as the
> > surface startws towear. the brass does not hurt the thrust surface of
> > the crank. some extra work, but our engines, both street and race,
> > don't lose t/w's. ted
> > --
> > Ted Schumacher
> > TS Imported Automotive
> > 404 Basinger Rd.
> > Pandora, Ohio, USA 45877
> > Ph. 800/543-6648 USA/Canada FAX 419/384-3272 24 hour
> > Ph. 419/384-3022 - tech./general information
> > Web page http://www.tsimportedautomotive.com
> > New-Used-Rebuilt-NOS-Performance British car parts.
> > 200 - 300 parts cars in our British-only salvage yard.
>
> --
> "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
> -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
oh no, not another one of those. we have done this process since the
eaarly 1970's so maybe i can be "grandfathered: into a protected status.
we do have a patented gear reduction starter. this is jsut like finding
a good restaurant. then everybody finds it and screws up the whole
thing. thanks, ted
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Ted Schumacher
TS Imported Automotive
404 Basinger Rd.
Pandora, Ohio, USA 45877
Ph. 800/543-6648 USA/Canada FAX 419/384-3272 24 hour
Ph. 419/384-3022 - tech./general information
Web page http://www.tsimportedautomotive.com
New-Used-Rebuilt-NOS-Performance British car parts.
200 - 300 parts cars in our British-only salvage yard.
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