mark.bitterlich(at)navy.m
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 Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 9:23 am Post subject: [Non-DoD Source] Re: M-14P for sale |
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Curt,
I am starting to honestly believe you are talking about me. If you are, I never "hijacked your add". You posted an engine for sale with an oil leak. I asked where the oil leak was. In a later message I said it was important to know that, as an oil leak it could be from a rod broken poking through a hole in the block, hence an oil leak. That was what is called a "tongue in cheek" statement. In the off chance that someone would think I was serious, I then posted in another message that what I said was meant as humor.
So if in fact you are referring to that thread, get over it dude. On this list people who have been here for DECADES know each other and occasional joke around. It is called having fun. It was not meant to be having fun AT YOUR EXPENSE!
Bottom line, you put an engine up for sale, and mentioned "pulled for an oil leak" and left it at that. You eventually mention that it was an oil leak from a Supercharger section due to studs failing under load as determined by a metallurgist. Good for you.
I have no doubt of your honesty, I have no doubt the engine can be repaired, but candidly, the repair effort requires more than fixing what initially was just "an oil leak". It now means replacing all the studs on the supercharger section and reassembling the engine. In most cases this means a repair center, or a very good mechanic. With that level of effort, personally I would just use the engine as a core and have it totally overhauled, but that is just me.
No need to refer to me as "that guy". My name is Mark Bitterlich, I never posted a "duplicate" and I never said these engines are bad and throw rods. However, if you want to discuss that subject, the fact is that these engines DO THROW RODS, normally after a hydraulic lock where they get BENT when someone tries to start one without first getting the oil out. It has happened MANY MANY times. Anyone with an radial engine knows about this ... or should. And .... they create a heck of an oil leak. Hence the joke.
I have no problem with you selling your engine here, and I hope you find an interested buyer. But since I have not seen you on this list before a few weeks ago, you might consider not putting words in people's mouths, and then complaining about things they never said.
Again, I am personally sorry for getting your feathers in an uproar, now please move on and sell your engine ... which by the way I was interested in, but not anymore. And yes, I think the world of these engines too, which anyone who knows me realized decades ago.
r/s,
Mark Bitterlich
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