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Old 09-12-2019, 11:03 PM   #3
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Default Re: babbit tolerance? .000?

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Originally Posted by Kohnke Rebabbitting View Post
Pictures are of a second babbitt job, same motor, that also went bad in less then 100 miles. Same company. .

The video showed them dipping the rods to remove the babbit. How much do you want to bet they re-use Babbitt? One more thing they mentioned "lead based babbitt that Ford used" Not true.


Here is some more information on Babbitt;


http://www.fordgarage.com/pages/babbittgrades.htm
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