[Nobbc] club tech project???

[gtwincams]

Dawson, Steve,
I'm afraid the days of having that much free time to completely rebuild 
someone else's engine are long gone for me. It's a nice, altruistic 
idea, but this club has a hard enough time deciding on drive 
destinations - do you want your engine rebuilt by such a committee? You 
will definitely get what you pay for (the term "zero sum" comes to 
mind). It could work with a more structured organization, or in a high 
school auto shop, or if you have a close friend in the club who is 
capable, but I'd be pleasantly surprised to see it work by having a 
series of tech sessions. My gearbox tech session worked because John's a 
friend and you all just watched me take it apart, but it's going to be 
enough work for me to rebuild his gearbox, it takes a back seat to my 
own projects, and he's going to owe me a lot more than putting together 
a resource list for club members...
For a sense of proportion here, Dawson, the engine I'm rebuilding for my 
Lotus has taken me 3 months with parts delays, machine shop backlogs, 
receiving wrong parts, finding new problems, etc., and would cost me 
$8-10,000 from a professional. Even though your MG should not take as 
long or cost as much because it is simpler, you want it done correctly, 
and probably within the next 5 years, I expect.
Just trying to be honest here. If someone else wants to disprove my 
position, please step in.
Cheers,
Greg


 Dawson Church wrote:
> OK, this sounds great. I have room in my garage, and there's no time  
> pressure, so we could schedule tech sessions to diagnose and (after I  
> get the parts required) to fix. I think we should focus on the engine  
> and wiring. I can get the carbs and other peripherals rebuilt  
> elsewhere easily. But the engine and wiring are very practical for  
> other members.
>
> Since I will be getting a lot of value from the club in this form,  
> I'll commit to putting together a tech forum / resource list / local  
> shop list for the club web site, in return.
>
> Ron, Greg, Steve, others, let me know if you think this is a good plan.
>
> Dawson
>
>
> On May 5, 2008, at 9:23 AM, Steve Lehmann wrote:
>
>   
>> i would be inclined to belive that w/ the headpower of the clan and  
>> a book why
>> not somebody come up w/a garage for this engine and do it as a club  
>> project
>> tech session?
>>
>> of course head will have to go to a shop.
>> (ken-auto life center- yolonda ave)-
>> take in crank-rods ect. and have them miced-
>> i say it could be a good club project.
>> just a thought-
>> steve.
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