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Re: 1500 Bottom end rebuild

To: mgs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: 1500 Bottom end rebuild
From: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Date: 23 Oct 1997 10:57:33 -0500
In <3.0.3.32.19971023100545.00bdee5c@mail.texas.net>, Carol wrote:
>At 11:10 PM 10/22/97 -0400, Adrian Jones wrote:
>
>[Snippage]
>
>>        So, my question is - does anyone know where I may obtain bolts for
>>the big end bearing caps for a 1500 Midget?  VB does not list them.   I've
>>tried all of the  "nut and bolt" places here in Raleigh, NC - you can
>>imagine the response.
>
>Adrian,
>
>Did  you "call" those guys, or did you take a like part in for them to look
>at?? My experience with the nuts/bolts guys around here is that if they can
>SEE what you need, they don't laugh as loudly...! If you call and say 'MG'
>they immediately get into a mind-set that "we don't have no Brit car parts
>here!" Or they say "a WHAT??!"
>
>Maybe try again??
>
On bottom end bolts, I would urge not getting them from nut and screw
places.  They are usually high-strength and hardened, often gound to
fit and an off-the-shelf item may not stand up to the pounding.  Be
very careful here.  Thrown rods are no fun.

                        A. B. Bonds


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