<div dir="ltr">I my many travels at the factory I found that a fatory person was dealing with the rod weight and they were kept within a 3-4 gram amount back in the early 60's. That one heavy rod has obviously been replaced by a engine problem sometme later after the assembly and selling of the car. ( probably)</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><p><strong><font color="#000099">Never be beaten by equipment.</font></strong></p></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 11:03 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:timmmurphh@gmail.com" target="_blank">timmmurphh@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_6374391934812904027WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I checked the weights of the 4 TR3 connecting rods that I have. Three are 947 grams and the fourth is 946 grams. Pretty amazing for 1950’s era manufacturing technology!! This is with the bolts, no big end bearings installed and the small end bushing installed.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">All the rods have the same numbers on the sides:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">201448 13339Z7 on one side and <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">EN167 on the other side. I think from previous posts, this is the type of steel in European terms.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I checked a set of TR4 rods and they have the same markings. Apparently both engines used the same conn rods.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tim Murphy<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_6374391934812904027__MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></a></p><span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Fot [mailto:<a href="mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">fot-bounces@autox.<wbr>team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mordy Dunst<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 31, 2016 5:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Fot] Fwd: Connecting rods<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Gary is looking for stock con rods<u></u><u></u></p><div id="m_6374391934812904027__aol_mail_signature__"><p class="MsoNormal">MDunst <a href="http://Headgasket.com" target="_blank">Headgasket.com</a> <a href="tel:626.358.1616" target="_blank">626.358.1616</a> T <a href="tel:626.628.3777" target="_blank">626.628.3777</a> F Triple R Munitions, Inc <a href="tel:626.201.9471" target="_blank">626.201.9471</a> T FFL 6,7 SOT 2<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Monday, October 31, 2016, Gary Engdahl <<a href="mailto:gary_engdahl@napastore.com" target="_blank">gary_engdahl@<wbr>napastore.com</a>> wrote: <u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><blockquote style="margin-left:6.75pt;margin-right:0in"><div id="m_6374391934812904027AOLMsgPart_2_9361071b-f0d8-42d2-8fff-d442be7ad3a2"><div><div id="m_6374391934812904027divtagdefaultwrapper"><p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Looking for a used set of TR 3 con rods. One of the rods is 52 grams lighter than the other three.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Total weight looking for is in the 940 gram range.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks for looking,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div id="m_6374391934812904027Signature"><div id="m_6374391934812904027divtagdefaultwrapper"><p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">GARY ENGDAHL<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">NAPA MACHINE SHOP<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">PORTLAND , OREGON<u></u><u></u></span></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="tel:503%20233%202533" target="_blank">503 233 2533</a><u></u><u></u></span></li></ul></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>"This e-mail and any attachments, contain Genuine Parts Company confidential information that is proprietary, privileged, and protected by applicable laws. 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