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Re: engine - rebuilt but never run

To: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: engine - rebuilt but never run
From: robert weeks <robert@woozy.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 13:14:04 -0500
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
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Reply-to: robert weeks <robert@woozy.com>
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Hey Ulix,

Thanks. The owner who did the rebuild died 3 years ago, so I don't know
what the reciept situation is. The current "holder" of the engine said he
could find out the name of the machine shop and I could have them check
their records.

Now that I think about it, I'll probably disassemble it to check everything
out.

Thanks again,

Robert

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At 9:56 AM -0800 1/20/99, Ulix Goettsch wrote:
>Robert,
>Do you have receipts for the rebuilt?  If you do, you can assess if it
>really has been rebuilt or just refreshed with some new rings and
>bearings.
>
>When I disassembled the used engine I bought to build my 1380 motor, I
>found the crank to be .010 under and with a mirror finish.  So I guess it
>was rebuilt not too long before the car was crashed.
>But the engine had been sitting in a guy's garage for years and
>unfortunately there was a small speck of rust in the center of the center
>main that had eaten fairly deeply into the crank.  It was great everywhere
>else.  The machine shop said this was ok and only polished the crank, the
>hole really is very small, but I don't know what would have happened if I
>had just run the motor.
>
>The moral is, if you want to be sure, you have to disassemble it.
>
>Ulix



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