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John Cole

July 15, 2020 10:06PM

Registered: 16 years ago
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When I worked on Dave Ferro's team rebuilding the two pop cars that ran on the CATS/ Rio Grande (#s 4 and 13), one of the engines had roller bearings on the crank and the other engine had ball bearings. I joked to Dave that I had rebuilt a lot of engines in my career but never one the OTHER side of WW2 before, and never a 2 stroke. When you hand crank a two stroke, getting it to reverse directions without killing the engine is an art form.

I wonder if the difference between a RQC and and RQD is the different style of crank bearings.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/15/2020 10:11PM by John Cole.

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Looking for a rqc Fairmont motor car motor for my ng SP car	tractor	July 13, 2020 11:16PM
Re: Looking for a rqc Fairmont motor car motor for my ng SP car	tractor	July 13, 2020 11:22PM
Re: Looking for a rqc Fairmont motor car motor for my ng SP car	albspng	July 14, 2020 10:52PM
Re: Looking for a rqc Fairmont motor car motor for my ng SP car	tractor	July 15, 2020 12:00AM
Re: Looking for a rqc Fairmont motor car motor for my ng SP car	albspng	July 15, 2020 10:27PM
Re: Looking for a rqc Fairmont motor car motor for my ng SP car	John Cole	July 14, 2020 12:14AM
Re: Looking for a rqc Fairmont motor car motor for my ng SP car	tractor	July 14, 2020 12:42PM
Re: Looking for a rqc Fairmont motor car motor for my ng SP car	John Cole	July 14, 2020 01:01PM
Re: Looking for a rqc Fairmont motor car motor for my ng SP car	tractor	July 14, 2020 10:38PM
Re: Looking for a rqc Fairmont motor car motor for my ng SP car	John Cole	July 15, 2020 10:06PM
Re: Looking for a rqc Fairmont motor car motor for my ng SP car	tractor	July 15, 2020 10:31PM

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