Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 22:26:04 -0500
Reply-To: Bob Donalds <bostneng@FCL-US.NET>
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From: Bob Donalds <bostneng@FCL-US.NET>
Subject: Re;Was head leak; then ring and valve. Turned into rebuild. Now,
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Karl fellow listees and learkers
I am very happy to report that I am now able to align bore 1.9 and 2.1
cases and I have a small
supply of bearings that will work with a align bored case and a standard
crank only for both the 1.9 and 2.1 engines
main bearings are starting to trickle in and for allot more money I am able
to supply bearings only to customers that I align bore cases for. the price
of bearings is $125 and the align bore price depends on how many hours it
take to fluff, buff, fill in the divits and patch the case assemble the
halfs and then punch the bore ( price may vary )$150 and up mostly up
Karl the dowel pin is not a press fit and if the dowel pin hole is
elongated then the bearing may have seized to the crank. was that the case?
no pun intended
its common for the 1.9 cases loose there crush on the bearing over time so
the bearing may just be loose in the case.
they do make a oversize pin but I would use a small amount of lock tight to
hold the dowel in place before the engine is assembled. the area around the
pin is most likely pushed up and will press the bearing into the crank and
seize if reassembled it without align boring it
my current pricing for the 1.9 engine is $2300 this is based on a good core
and includes new 2.1 heads, new pistons and cylinders a reground 2.1 OEM
cam, rebuilt rockers, new lifters, rebuilt boston Bob rods, new oil pump.
all cases are rebuilt and align bored the flywheel is machined and end play
set. the pulley is installed at the customer request. my engine also come
with all gaskets needed to install the engine. I have made oil pressure on
the engine stand and checked the engine for oil leaks and tested the
compression. the engine is then packaged in a crate for safe keeping with a
return shipping invoice enclosed. the time it takes to strip degeaseand
properly rebuild and package the waterboxer engines continues to increase as
does the price of the parts and I must pass the increases on to the
consumer.
I have also been testing a new way to prebleed the lifters that looks
promising and may lead to no more fooling around with the preload lifters
after the engine has run for a few weeks more on that later
Bob Donalds
http://www.bostonengine.com
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