<VV> RE: Remanufactured

[RoboMan91324@aol.com]

I agree Steve,

Way back when, I worked for a company named RMP (Remanufactured Motors and 
Parts) which was owned by FoMoCo.  I was in college and it was a summer job 
where I floated to fill in non-skilled positions for people on vacation.  I 
learned a little bit about a lot of things.  Among the remanufactured items were a 
wide variety of Ford motors.  No blocks were resleeved, no crankshafts were 
welded/ground to original spec.  Plenty were bored and ground.  If they were at a 
point where they couldn't be bored or ground, they were scrap.  As I see it, 
unless you have an extraordinarily rare block, crank or whatever, it is not 
feasible to sleeve or weld up the unit.  A Vette nut (or other similar nut) may 
want to maintain originality and take Herculean measures with his block but 
not with most engines.  JMHO.

Doc
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In a message dated 11/23/2004 8:36:19 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
virtualvairs-request@corvair.org writes:

> From: "srmarti" <srmarti@netzero.net>
> To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 21:35:06 -0500
> Subject: <VV> RE: Remanufactured
> 
> > >>>>>  Blocks would be sleeved...cranks welded up and ground to standard
> >
> >
> >
> Sure they can.  But is that even realistic course of action in most cases? 
> I'll readily admit I don't know first hand, but I suspect that's not standard 
> practice for most jobs unless there's some sort of regulation that requires 
> no dimensional change for "remanufactured"
> 
> Steve Marti