Recent content by SFjames

To answer my own question, I placed the bushing in a lathe with six jaws to simulate it pressed into the housing. Then I turned it until I got about .002 to .003 clearance in the NOS crankshaft. I then pressed it in and it fits well into the crankshaft. Now I have another problem, I hope...

I had to take it to my machine shop so they could stick a cutter on the mill and carefully get it out. Now at home I went to test the bearing to see how much clearance it has on the NOS crankshaft and guess what? It will not go on. It is a NOS 1984-152. I have two of them and they are the...

Soon I will be getting back to the compressor. I did manage to figure out that the block is the same on the V2 and RV2. It is the crankshaft, rods and front bearing housing that are different. So one can play mix and match. My question is anyone can answer is how the heck do you get that rear...

This thread has been very informative. I have a 1964 Chrysler that I need to rebuild a compressor for. I picked up a core from a yard here in Northern California and unfortunately instead of giving me an RV2, which I specified, they gave me a V2. My question to the group is can one get a...