[Fot] Moldex Crankshaft

[Greg Blake]

Sadly, Pops and I had a similar experience with a machine shop and their inability to bore a TR6 block to the specified dimension for new pistons. The first attempt, pistons would not even go in the block. By the time I am ready for pistons, I am hours in to cleaning and prepping a block.  Talk about frustration. 

Block goes back. 

Next try, we are a little smarter, first thing we check is piston clearance. Guess what, the pistons don’t fit. 

Block goes back and a very long conversation commences with machinist.  

Block comes home and by this time we had finally purchased a dial bore gauge. We check the bores and clearances are spot on. 

Lesson learned. Trust but verify. Funny because that’s my mantra at work being an engineer. 

silly me. 

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> On Apr 30, 2020, at 6:09 PM, Joe Alexander via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> Bummer. That’s a lot of work.   A lot of frustration. 
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>> On Apr 30, 2020, at 6:05 PM, Mordy Dunst via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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