Also try Pistons and Plugs in Mesquite. You never know. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lonnie Bergman" <bergmanfamily@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 4:36 PM Subject: [tcb] Re: (no subject) > > Thanks, Sammie. > I called them and everyone else I could think of. No luck. > > -----Original Message----- > From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of Sammie Smith > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 10:18 AM > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [tcb] Re: (no subject) > > Lonnie: > Try the Oakhill Automotive guys in Longview. Phone # 903 297-3496. > e-mail > oakhillauto@xxxxxxxxxx Phone will be faster. They have piles of engine > stuff laying around. > Sammie > > > At 05:48 AM 4/7/2005, you wrote: >>I used to have a "bastard" 40hp many years ago. I seem to think it had the >>36hp style fan shroud, but I have been wrong before. >> >> >>I am in DESPRATE need of an 88mm machine-in piston and jug for a type 1 >>motor. A good used one would by perfect if I can find one. I melted #3 on >>the way back from St. Louis this week end. Then I need to find some .040 >>barrel shims to lower the compression ratio a little. I will call all the >>local shops in the FW area today and keep my fingers crossed. 88's are not >>real plentiful. If anybody has a lead on one, I would be grateful. >>Otherwise, we aren't going to make the TX classic. >>I sold my Ford, then rolled my Toyota on a patch of ice in Wyoming, then >>melted a piston in the bus. It has not been a good month, and I'm running >>out of cars to drive. > > >