<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458311454909_4890"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458311454909_4910"> Reasons for not using a TR3 block in an early Morgan Flat Rad +4:</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458311454909_4937" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458311454909_4910"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458311454909_4988" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458311454909_4910">1. The car's VIN is the engine block number. If you change engines there is no way to verify VINs.<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458311454909_4989" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458311454909_4910">2. While a TR3 block fits under the hood of the Morgan, the dual SU's will not, unless you cut the hood (bonnet) so the carbs stick out the side. They sell a scoop panel to cover then, but I think that it looks like hell. My hood has never been cut (a rarity).<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458311454909_5031" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458311454909_4910">3. Early Morgans with matching engine numbers are becoming more rare and desirable.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458311454909_5303" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458311454909_4910"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458311454909_5326" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458311454909_4910"> Thanks for the recommendation for the cam bearings.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458311454909_5382" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458311454909_4910"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458311454909_5394" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458311454909_4910"> -Bill Brewer</span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"> On Friday, March 18, 2016 5:56 AM, Andrew Uprichard <auprichard@uprichard.net> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv5565209890"><style><!--
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--></style><div><div class="yiv5565209890WordSection1"><div class="yiv5565209890MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">Bill: by “a Standard Vanguard Block” do you mean it is not a TR3 block? Why did you go this route and not just use a TR3 block?</span></div><div class="yiv5565209890MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div class="yiv5565209890MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">Mike Buonanduci may have the bearings you are looking for. I know he is on a road trip right now and does not have a cell phone. He also will not check his email until he gets home at the end of next week (Easter weekend). (802) 438 5815.</span></div><div class="yiv5565209890MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div class="yiv5565209890MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">Andrew</span></div><div class="yiv5565209890MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><div class="yiv5565209890MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma", "sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma", "sans-serif";"> Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bill Brewer<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 17, 2016 11:01 PM<br><b>To:</b> triumphs@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [TR] TR3 Cam Bearings</span></div></div></div><div class="yiv5565209890MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv5565209890MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> I am preparing to pull TR3 cam bearings into a Standard Vanguard block that has been line-bored to take replaceable cam bearings. On one engine I rebuilt in the past I got AE brand cam bearings from TRF. The last ones I have bought from TRF and Moss were either County or Glacier brand and they were made in India. Does anyone know if anyone anywhere still carries AE brand cam bearings?</span></div><div class="yiv5565209890MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> TIA,</span></div><div class="yiv5565209890MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv5565209890MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> -Bill Brewer</span></div><div class="yiv5565209890MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> Tehachapi, CA</span></div></div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>