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To: timmmurphh <timmmurphh@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Moldex Crankshaft
From: "van.mulders.marcel--- via Fot" <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 20:01:22 +0200 (CEST)
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When this happens, you cannot have confidence in the part anymore. Who know=
s what other flaws may be present. Luckily you have raced it without a prob=
lem.=20
Marcel.=20


Van: "fot" <fot@autox.team.net>=20
Aan: "fot" <fot@autox.team.net>=20
Cc: "Joe Flower II" <joe@moldexcrankshaft.com>=20
Verzonden: Vrijdag 1 mei 2020 00:29:19=20
Onderwerp: [Fot] Moldex Crankshaft=20



I ordered a Triumph TR4 billet crankshaft from Moldex by phone from Joe Flo=
wers in June 2017. I received it in September 2017. At my next engine rebui=
ld, in March of 2019, I installed the crank in the prepared engine block. I=
t would not completely rotate as the counterweight hit the engine block. Th=
e counterweights had not been completely machined. I returned the crank to =
Moldex after a phone call to Joe Flower to discuss the problem. In about 2-=
1/2 weeks I received the crank back. I finished the engine rebuild, took th=
e engine off the engine stand and proceeded to bolt the flywheel on. Only t=
hree of the four tapped holes in the crank were completely tapped. The four=
th had about 2 or 3 threads and that is all. We broke a tap off in the hole=
 trying to manually tap it through. I again called Joe, disassembled the en=
gine, and shipped the crank back to Moldex for completion. I received it ba=
ck again in about 2-1/2 weeks. Reassembled the engine and raced in three we=
ekends in 2019, no problems.=20



I called Joe in April 2019 and asked to be reimbursed for the $130 in shipp=
ing costs to ship the crank back to him for completion, twice. Since April =
2019 I have called about 10 times to ask to recover the shipping costs. Twi=
ce I was told a check had been sent. I have not received the $130 as of thi=
s date.=20



This is a cautionary tale for those who are thinking of buying a billet cra=
nkshaft from Moldex.=20



Tim Murphy=20

1961 Triumph TR4 #317=20



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/*]]>*/</style></div><div>When this happens, you cannot have confidence in =
the part anymore. Who knows what other flaws&nbsp; may be present. Luckily =
you have raced it without a problem.</div><div>Marcel.</div><div><br></div>=
<hr id=3D"zwchr" data-marker=3D"__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker=3D"__HEADERS_=
_"><b>Van: </b>"fot" &lt;fot@autox.team.net&gt;<br><b>Aan: </b>"fot" &lt;fo=
t@autox.team.net&gt;<br><b>Cc: </b>"Joe Flower II" &lt;joe@moldexcrankshaft=
.com&gt;<br><b>Verzonden: </b>Vrijdag 1 mei 2020 00:29:19<br><b>Onderwerp: =
</b>[Fot] Moldex Crankshaft<br></div><div><br></div><div data-marker=3D"__Q=
UOTED_TEXT__"><div class=3D"WordSection1"><p class=3D"MsoNormal">I ordered =
a Triumph TR4 billet crankshaft from Moldex by phone from Joe Flowers in Ju=
ne 2017.&nbsp; I received it in September 2017.&nbsp; At my next engine reb=
uild, in March of 2019, I installed the crank in the prepared engine block.=
&nbsp; It would not completely rotate as the counterweight hit the engine b=
lock.&nbsp; The counterweights had not been completely machined.&nbsp; I re=
turned the crank to Moldex after a phone call to Joe Flower to discuss the =
problem.&nbsp; In about 2-1/2 weeks I received the crank back.&nbsp; I fini=
shed the engine rebuild, took the engine off the engine stand and proceeded=
 to bolt the flywheel on.&nbsp; Only three of the four tapped holes in the =
crank were completely tapped.&nbsp; The fourth had about 2 or 3 threads and=
 that is all. We broke a tap off in the hole trying to manually tap it thro=
ugh. I again called Joe, disassembled the engine, and shipped the crank bac=
k to Moldex for completion. I received it back again in about 2-1/2 weeks. =
Reassembled the engine and raced in three weekends in 2019, no problems.</p=
><p class=3D"MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">I called Joe in Ap=
ril 2019 and asked to be reimbursed for the $130 in shipping costs to ship =
the crank back to him for completion, twice.&nbsp; Since April 2019 I have =
called about 10 times to ask to recover the shipping costs.&nbsp; Twice I w=
as told a check had been sent.&nbsp; I have not received the $130 as of thi=
s date.</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">This is =
a cautionary tale for those who are thinking of buying a billet crankshaft =
from Moldex.</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Tim=
 Murphy</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">1961 Triumph TR4 #317</p><p class=3D"MsoN=
ormal">&nbsp;</p></div><br>_______________________________________________<=
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