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Re: [oletrucks] Re: [babbet

To: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Re: [babbet
From: ADvent@thuntek.net
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 10:02:59 -0700
the compression was very low on those motors. it didnt stress the leather that
much.

"G. Simmons" wrote:

> I had a client who told me a funny story about babbet bearings.  When he was
> a young guy, he had an old model A for his daily driver.  One of the crank
> bearings wore down, and he didn't have the money to have it taken apart and
> rebuilt.
>
> He said an old mechanic took the oil pan off and trimmed a piece of leather
> as a shim between the bearing and the crank.  He put it back together and it
> ran for a long time like that without any problems.
>
> Those must have been the good old days.
>
> Regards,
>
> Grant S.
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959

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