... or a nut...;-)
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> On May 28, 2019, at 1:23 PM, Gerard Chateauvieux
> <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com> wrote:
>
> Ron (&) et al,
>
> Your machinist was lucky. I've had at least 5 people that bought kits from me
> buy the gearbox from the source you recommend and all 5 were very
> dissatisfied with what they received. One guy even bought a "rebuilt" one,
> which after seeing photos he sent me, clearly was not; not even the seals had
> been replaced with new ones.. He ended up having to pull it from the car and
> paying a second time to rebuild it. He asked for a refund from the seller,
> but they refunded only a fraction of the difference he paid. The seller uses
> several, changing IDs to avoid visible negative feedback. Others had
> different issues, but none could be used "as-is". In my experience (through
> others) These are not even inspected. The seller paints them with silver
> paint to make them look "fresh", which is always a red flag for me.
>
> Several years ago, some new parts were available, currently, almost no
> replacement parts are available any longer. I have a source for bearing kits
> and synchros, and a few other consumables. Anyone considering purchase from
> the Mexico source (usually listed as being sold out of US border cites in
> Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Arizona, etc., should be aware that you will
> likely need the gearbox rebuilt or possibly may only be good for parts. As
> the saying goes, "even a blind squirrel finds a but once in a while" so you
> might get lucky, so just saying "Buyer Beware".
>
> Gerard
>
>
>> On May 27, 2019, at 11:00 AM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net wrote:
>>
>>
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 04:48:54 -0500
>> From: Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com>
>> To: kevin@valentinephoto.net
>> Cc: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>, Kevin Valentine
>> <kevinv1275@gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Datsun 5 speed
>> Message-ID: <43D89B64-D976-4421-BB81-4BF42264EC3F@yahoo.com>
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>> There?s a woman in Mexico selling cores I think. My machinist bought one
>> recently and was happy. I can get infobof needed. Our ?modern? gearbox is
>> now 40 years old. Unbelievable.
>>
>> Ron Soave
>>
>
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