[Fot] Moldex Crankshaft

[Joe Alexander]

Yup, we had a head....they were supposed to skim at .010. I think they dialed in .100.

Said they didn’t. End of story.

Joe Alexander
4505 Donald Dr
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
The-vintage-racer.com
Gasketinnovations.com
Cell:  319.464.4711


> On Apr 30, 2020, at 6:27 PM, Greg Blake <gblake58tr3 at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> 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. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> 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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>> Joe Alexander
>> 4505 Donald Dr
>> Cedar Falls, IA 50613
>> The-vintage-racer.com
>> Gasketinnovations.com
>> Cell:  319.464.4711
>> 
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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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