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In addition to the water pump which I was wrong about--I have County main
bearings and 8.5:1 5 ring .060 over pistons in my motor--about 500 miles of
OK so far driving--I retested the compression and at about 200 miles and it
had gone up slightly since right after the rebuild, and oil pressure has
been good and steady so far.
I don't recall on the rod bearings, but I think they may be county as well.
Greg Lemon
54 BN1
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From: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@comcast.net>
To: "david porter" <frogeye@swcp.com>
Cc: "'healeylist'" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] [Fwd: County]
> OK, I forwarded this to the List (with Wayne's permission), so I'll
> chime in.
>
> I read this as they built the original engine twice--with County
> bearings--and had
> problems. The third build was the spare engine.
>
> Nonetheless, your data is noted--the original engine could have had
> bottom end
> issues the spare engine (third build) didn't.
>
> Anyone else have experience with County parts?
>
>
> bs
>
>
> david porter wrote:
>> I gotta chime in on this one. I've re-built hundreds of bottom ends and
>> have
>> been using the County bearings for many of them (being a loyal Moss
>> Dist.)
>> Bearings simply do not slide apart. That requires friction and resultant
>> heat. I suspect that on the 3rd go around your friend finally did (or
>> re-did) the machine shop work that the bottom end required in the first
>> place.
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>
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