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ideola
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 Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 2:05 am Post subject: Main Bearings, Round 2 |
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I just got word from EBS that the second run of bearings from King arrived yesterday. EBS owes me three sets. So, anybody else need STD main bearings? If so, I can organize another group buy. Lemme know.
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ideola
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Bump.
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!tom
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| Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 2:08 am Post subject: Re: Main Bearings, Round 2 |
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| ideola wrote: | | I just got word from EBS that the second run of bearings from King arrived yesterday. EBS owes me three sets. So, anybody else need STD main bearings? If so, I can organize another group buy. Lemme know. |
It's awful soon after the 1st round.
I may or may not need a new set of bearings, and if so, I don't know what size. I'm planning on re-building a spare engine that I have, but I've got lots of other things on the go and there's no rush since the old one is still running strong.
So, until I crack the case, I've got no clue what I'll need. I was told the engine I picked up was freshly rebuilt, but I'm not counting on anything. It had been out of the car before though, since there was a SAE bolt threaded mostly in holding the bell housing on (the rest were metric)-- seeing that kind of workmanship doesn't inspire much confidence in me though.
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Nobbi
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| Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 2:23 am Post subject: |
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what`t that "Bump" thing for ? What does it mean ?
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emoore924
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| Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 2:29 am Post subject: |
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It moves the posting to the top of the list.
AKA "TTT" (take to top...) |
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ideola
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| Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:45 am Post subject: Re: Main Bearings, Round 2 |
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| !tom wrote: | | It's awful soon after the 1st round. |
Well, obviously, not everybody that needed them got them since we very quickly exhausted King's first run, and I even had to make arrangements to send three sets back to EBS as a favor to them to accommodate one of their European customers. 
As I said, EBS owes me three sets, the next run is in, so I thought I'd open it up to see if there are any others in need.
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morghen
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| Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:11 am Post subject: |
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i might be interested in a set....how much was it ?
i'll have to check what size i would need.
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Brockoli
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| Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:37 am Post subject: |
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so that is what happened to my set  Its ok, I am not doing my rebuild till next summer as I mentioned to you. I will need a set of standard, thank you very much for going the extra distance to keep these cars on the road.
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ideola
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| Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:50 am Post subject: |
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IIRC the group buy price was $95 + shipping, and EBS had them retailing at $125 + shipping.
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!tom
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| Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:38 am Post subject: |
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When are you going to want to wrap this up?
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ideola
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| Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 5:29 am Post subject: |
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I'm not in any particular hurry, it was primarily a feeler post...whatever you guys want to do is fine with me.
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Joes924Racer
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| Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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I have not checked my sources in a long time.. Are they hard to come buy
or what im thinking my guy can still get them std mains.
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ideola
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| Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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As far as I know, this is the only source for main bearings anywhere in the world at the moment, unless you get exceedingly lucky and find some NOS box sitting on a forgotten dusty shelf somewhere. It took us forever to get King to do a run of these.
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Power Tryp
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| Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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I'd be happy to step in for one set of std. The engine I'll be putting in it this winter was already rebuilt but I will want to rebuild the original just to have on hand.
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smither
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I'm going to pull and rebuild my engine next year. I've a receipt in the service history for a Volkspare recon engine in 1992, and i know the car has done about 40,000 miles since then.
I should really replace the main bearings next year so i will need a set if the timing is right. I may be very lucky and find the mains in good condition as they should be half the age of most. The only problem is i can't commit to a size until i pull and strip the engine as the crank might have been reground in the recon process.
The mains are the last of the NLA parts i am missing (i think) as i managed to get peformance valve springs from Aus and ARP conrod bolts form EBS.
Thanks to the forum members who organised the group buys originally.
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