[tcb] Re: Thanks to Mark Sawyer
- From: singlecabboy <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 23:02:12 -0700 (PDT)
Ditto to Mark and Mark...As I drove home from Ennis all I could think of was
how proud I am of the engine they built me.
Paul Smith
H.B.B
T.C.B
Transporters at the Point 5
--- On Mon, 9/8/08, Trey Jung <treyjung@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Trey Jung <treyjung@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Thanks to Mark Sawyer
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, September 8, 2008, 8:10 PM
> The past 2 weekends I've been over at VeeDubs of Tomball
> (aka Mark Sawyers House) tearing down the engine of NewDee
> to transfer all the parts to the new 1600 longblock. I
> learned a lot, never worked a sand blaster before (cleaned
> up the manifold and repainted it) , learned what Mexican
> Chrome was ( I was even born in Mexico City and didn't
> know that)... how to wire up an Alternator, adjust a
> thermostat and the most important lesson I learned was the
> difference between Trey tight (apparently inch lbs) and Mark
> tight (foot lbs) when it came to torque on nuts, bolts and
> various widgets... I never ached some much in my life but I
> was smiling. Mark told me what to do and I did it my best
> (see inch lbs)... Saturday night I drove the bus home and it
> seemed to run a little hot at 50 mph (berg dipstick light
> flicker) but I think I need to adjust the carb and recheck
> the timing this weekend. I really want to drive it to T@P.
> it only has about 50 miles on the engine so far, I need to
> get out and drive it this weekend, go over once or twice
> (set the valves and change the oil again) ......
>
> - We ran it for 30 minutes @ 1500 rpm to help seat the
> rings and pistons then I test drove it around the
> neighborhood and decided to head back to Sugar Land.
> She's in the garage now, nice cleaned spot for her, so
> far no oil leaks...
>
> Thanks again Mark for your all your help. You were dead on
> and patient whenever I ask a question. It was pretty cool
> for me.....
>
> Emily, thank you for letting me have Mark's time.
>
> Trey
> TCB member since 2005
> 71 Westy
> NewEngineDee now!
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