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Engine Rebuild getting worse

To: "'spitfires@autox.team.net'" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Subject: Engine Rebuild getting worse
From: "Bowen, Patrick A RP2" <PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 07:29:12 -0400
Well after my call for help yesterday I spoke to Mike Lewis from LA and cme
to the conclusion that nothing was wrong (at east I hope not) and that I
should not worry about the small streak of oil left on the cylinder wall.
Any differing thoughts.  Hope not the engine is all togethor now.

However my day was not going to get better.  I was installing the new clutch
and had decided to use new hex head bolts (grade 5) rather than the socket
head bolts (the ones with the alley wrench socket in the top)  Well long
story made short I broke TWO of them off inside the flywheel.  This really
surprised me as it did not take much force to this.  So today I need to go
find some left handed drill bits, Can anyone tell me where I can find
these.?

I also need a distributor drive gear if anyone out there has one of those I
need it pretty bad. 

Thanks,
Patrick Bowen

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