OMG! And I thought I was the only one who knew! Once I had a worn out timing set on a 302 Ford engine replaced at the local Ford dealer's shop. Chain had climbed the sprocket. $$$
Not many miles later, I pulled the oil drinking engine for rebuild. 302 Ford timing sprockets slip on the crank and cam with chain on both sprockets when slipped on. Kind of a Chinese puzzle. This one had been hammered on the cam, and some of the nylon teeth on the cam sprocket were cracked, and others were broken off. It had worked fine with teeth broken off. I took the set back to the dealer with my invoice for parts and labor, and I got a new timing set free. One reason to do one's own work is to avoid crap like that. I am fortunate to have an independent foreign car mechanic who I do not believe would ever do CLT. The bad news is that some of his (semi transient) help will do CLT and worse. That is another story for another time, titled "The great water pump change fiasco." Soon to be in paperback in stores near you. > [Original Message] > From: Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: 9/15/2007 10:46:53 AM > Subject: RE: [MBZ] Transmission toasted > > There are still lot of jackleg mechanics who often do bad work. > > Thanks, > Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com > 256-656-1924 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Robert Bigham > Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 10:07 AM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Transmission toasted > > Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:13:21 -0400 > Peter T. Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Transmission toasted > > I love the term "Factory Rebuilt". > > In East Hartford, CT there was a dealer who rebuilt flathead fords in > the 50's. They were advertised, stamped and invoiced as "Factory > Rebuilt". Because Ford wanted the royalty! > > _________________________________________________ > > Ford has offered rebuilt major assemblies since at least Model A days. > > For a long time, Ford did something like franchise the rebuilding of, > particularly, flathead engines. They required certain standards in the > work. > > The rebuillt engines had a sticker saying "Authorized Ford Rebuilt" > or "Ford Authorized Rebuilt", one of those, on the heads. > > There was no representation the rebuilt engines were sent back > to Dearborn or wherever. They were rebuilt in a shop, just as > they are rebuilt now. What Ford was offering was a set of > standards and predictable quality of the finished engine. > > I hate to have to tell you, but there used to be a lot of jackleg > mechanics who often did bad work. The Authorized Ford > Rebuilt program offered a way to avoid that. > > Many Ford engines now are good for one rebuild - if the time > arrives for a second rebuild, the castings may be too thin for > resizing a second time. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
