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Re: HELP PLEASE from the engine buffs.

To: SirIanOfCa@aol.com, spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: HELP PLEASE from the engine buffs.
From: Ronsoave@aol.com
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 10:12:49 EDT
Reply-to: Ronsoave@aol.com
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>  Is there a bit of a better guide to rebuilding 948s 1098s and 1275s out 
> there 
>  something a little bit better and more informative than the standard 
Haynes 
>  manual?

I use the Haynes as a guideline, but use 2 books on general blueprinting and 
rebuilding as my real bibles.  I don't have them here at work handy, but one 
is called something like "Engine Rebuilding and Blueprinting", and the other 
is, of all things, "How to Rebuild Your Small Block Chevy".  I think they are 
both HP books. These types of books give excellent guidance for disassembly, 
inspection and assembly that is common to most every engine you'll come 
across.  They also give good advice on what to ask your machinist.  They are 
around $15 at B&N or Borders, and you will have several choices.  They are 
all pretty similar.  Even if you don't use it for this job specifically, they 
are usually good books for rebuild techniques, and usually have a section on 
cam theory, automotive math, etc.

>  The number on the engine is 12CJ / DA / H  35531 Can anyone tell me an 
> approx 
>  year this motor was manufactured?

I don't have it with me, but I recall the Victoria British catalog had a 
table up front for identifying engine year.  Anyone?

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