And a Chinese vise.
Ron Soave
> On May 28, 2019, at 3:44 PM, Gerard via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
> ... or a nut...;-)
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On May 28, 2019, at 1:23 PM, Gerard Chateauvieux
>> <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com> wrote:
>>
>> Ron (&) et al,
>>
>> Your machinist was lucky. I've had at least 5 people that bought kits from
>> me buy the gearbox from the source you recommend and all 5 were very
>> dissatisfied with what they received. One guy even bought a "rebuilt" one,
>> which after seeing photos he sent me, clearly was not; not even the seals
>> had been replaced with new ones.. He ended up having to pull it from the
>> car and paying a second time to rebuild it. He asked for a refund from the
>> seller, but they refunded only a fraction of the difference he paid. The
>> seller uses several, changing IDs to avoid visible negative feedback. Others
>> had different issues, but none could be used "as-is". In my experience
>> (through others) These are not even inspected. The seller paints them with
>> silver paint to make them look "fresh", which is always a red flag for me.
>>
>> Several years ago, some new parts were available, currently, almost no
>> replacement parts are available any longer. I have a source for bearing kits
>> and synchros, and a few other consumables. Anyone considering purchase from
>> the Mexico source (usually listed as being sold out of US border cites in
>> Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Arizona, etc., should be aware that you will
>> likely need the gearbox rebuilt or possibly may only be good for parts. As
>> the saying goes, "even a blind squirrel finds a but once in a while" so you
>> might get lucky, so just saying "Buyer Beware".
>>
>> Gerard
>>
>>
>>> On May 27, 2019, at 11:00 AM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Message: 5
>>> Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 04:48:54 -0500
>>> From: Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com>
>>> To: kevin@valentinephoto.net
>>> Cc: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>, Kevin Valentine
>>> <kevinv1275@gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Datsun 5 speed
>>> Message-ID: <43D89B64-D976-4421-BB81-4BF42264EC3F@yahoo.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>>>
>>> There?s a woman in Mexico selling cores I think. My machinist bought one
>>> recently and was happy. I can get infobof needed. Our ?modern? gearbox is
>>> now 40 years old. Unbelievable.
>>>
>>> Ron Soave
>>>
>>
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