Rear Main Seal Centering Tool -- Group Buy
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Rear Main Seal Centering Tool -- Group Buy
The front and rear main seal housings on the Lotus 9XX 4-cylinder engines need to be properly centered during installation. Failure to do so can lead to leaks and pre-mature failure of the seal. Lotus offered a special tool that made centering a snap; however, they longer make it, and NOS supplies are dwindling. In the USA, LCU is out of rear seal tools, I bought Dave Bean's last one, and JAE is down to just the tools they use for their own business.
Jim Knowles, Dave Cammack and I are having our own centering tools machined and are offering fellow owners a chance to join in on a group-buy. I've drawn up both the front and rear main seal centering tools. Dave has quoted them with a CNC machine shop with whom he does business and we've gotten some pretty favorable pricing on all stainless steel parts. Good stuff. The rear tool will be produced and sold first, then followed in short order by the front tool. If you are interested, please contact me.
No money for the moment, just send your order to me, Tim Engel, at tengel@mchsi.com. The pricing noted below is for a 20 piece buy quantity. When the final tally rolls in, if the number is short, we may need to make a small price adjustment. We are passing costs on and don't have a profit margin buffer to absorb cost variations. We don't mind passing on a good price, but we aren't going to take a loss on the deal. Seem fair ??
US$95.00 plus shipping from USA Zip Code 55401.
Rear Main Seal Centering Tool Assembly - all stainless steel. Head, removable handle, two interchangeable sleeves to fit different spigot bearings. One sleeve fits the Esprit Renault spigot bearing (910/920). A second sleeve fits the Esprit Citroen size, as well as 907/912 applications for the Elite, Eclat, Excel and Jensen Healey. The head has a very thin, vulnerable edge that can be damaged (UPS killed one of mine in transit), so these will come with a thick-wall plastic shipping guard installed. Use it for storage.
The two spigot sleeves provided cover most of the standard applications. However, I don't have data for the size of the Sunbeam Talbot 911 spigot bearing bore, and there are so few automatic cars around that we chose not to include the appropriate sleeve in the standard kit… ie, not charging everyone for the few. Also, if you are an Esprit-Citroen owner who has done the ball bearing spigot conversion, you will need a slightly smaller sleeve than standard. If you have a need for another sleeve size besides the two provided, contact me directly. If someone can confirm the spigot size for the 911 Sunbeam Talbot cars for future reference, I'd appreciate it. Any additional sleeves would be at extra cost, and onesy-twosy parts get expensive (maybe $20 each in one-off quantities).
All orders will be pre-paid in US funds prior to placing the purchase order with the machine shop. Please do not place an order if you don't intend to follow through… backing out in the last moment will screw-up everyone else. PayPal will be acceptable and will really simplify any international orders and exchange rates. Otherwise a bank draft or international money order in US funds is acceptable.
This is a ONE TIME OFFER !!
We are doing this because 1) we want the tools and we're doing it ourselves either way, 2) higher volume results in lower prices, and I suppose... 3) we're just good guys and want to help fellow owners. ;-) We need 20 orders to hold the price, and we will pass the savings on to those who help us achieve them.
After this one-time order, we will continue to make the tools available through JAE, but we don't want to get into the onesy-twosy retail business. JAE, like any good vendor, needs to make a profit, so future prices will be higher by their margin. No direct orders at this introductory price will be accepted in the future.
The FRONT main seal centering tool will be offered as soon as we finish this rear seal group buy. Same scenario, different price.
Send orders via e-mail to:
Tim Engel: tengel@mchsi.com
In response to your order message, you will be sent PayPal and/or snailmail information for making payment. We will take orders for a short time only. A week, maybe two tops… until the flow of orders seems to dry up. Then we'll count orders, adjust price for volume and ask for payment. The production order will not be placed until after payments are received, so delivery time will be a combination of order/payment time, production time, packing and shipping. I can't quote exact times now, but it will be weeks rather than days. You will be notified when your package ships.
Thanks for your interest...
Regards,
Tim Engel
Lotus Owners Oftha North
The front and rear main seal housings on the Lotus 9XX 4-cylinder engines need to be properly centered during installation. Failure to do so can lead to leaks and pre-mature failure of the seal. Lotus offered a special tool that made centering a snap; however, they longer make it, and NOS supplies are dwindling. In the USA, LCU is out of rear seal tools, I bought Dave Bean's last one, and JAE is down to just the tools they use for their own business.
Jim Knowles, Dave Cammack and I are having our own centering tools machined and are offering fellow owners a chance to join in on a group-buy. I've drawn up both the front and rear main seal centering tools. Dave has quoted them with a CNC machine shop with whom he does business and we've gotten some pretty favorable pricing on all stainless steel parts. Good stuff. The rear tool will be produced and sold first, then followed in short order by the front tool. If you are interested, please contact me.
No money for the moment, just send your order to me, Tim Engel, at tengel@mchsi.com. The pricing noted below is for a 20 piece buy quantity. When the final tally rolls in, if the number is short, we may need to make a small price adjustment. We are passing costs on and don't have a profit margin buffer to absorb cost variations. We don't mind passing on a good price, but we aren't going to take a loss on the deal. Seem fair ??
US$95.00 plus shipping from USA Zip Code 55401.
Rear Main Seal Centering Tool Assembly - all stainless steel. Head, removable handle, two interchangeable sleeves to fit different spigot bearings. One sleeve fits the Esprit Renault spigot bearing (910/920). A second sleeve fits the Esprit Citroen size, as well as 907/912 applications for the Elite, Eclat, Excel and Jensen Healey. The head has a very thin, vulnerable edge that can be damaged (UPS killed one of mine in transit), so these will come with a thick-wall plastic shipping guard installed. Use it for storage.
The two spigot sleeves provided cover most of the standard applications. However, I don't have data for the size of the Sunbeam Talbot 911 spigot bearing bore, and there are so few automatic cars around that we chose not to include the appropriate sleeve in the standard kit… ie, not charging everyone for the few. Also, if you are an Esprit-Citroen owner who has done the ball bearing spigot conversion, you will need a slightly smaller sleeve than standard. If you have a need for another sleeve size besides the two provided, contact me directly. If someone can confirm the spigot size for the 911 Sunbeam Talbot cars for future reference, I'd appreciate it. Any additional sleeves would be at extra cost, and onesy-twosy parts get expensive (maybe $20 each in one-off quantities).
All orders will be pre-paid in US funds prior to placing the purchase order with the machine shop. Please do not place an order if you don't intend to follow through… backing out in the last moment will screw-up everyone else. PayPal will be acceptable and will really simplify any international orders and exchange rates. Otherwise a bank draft or international money order in US funds is acceptable.
This is a ONE TIME OFFER !!
We are doing this because 1) we want the tools and we're doing it ourselves either way, 2) higher volume results in lower prices, and I suppose... 3) we're just good guys and want to help fellow owners. ;-) We need 20 orders to hold the price, and we will pass the savings on to those who help us achieve them.
After this one-time order, we will continue to make the tools available through JAE, but we don't want to get into the onesy-twosy retail business. JAE, like any good vendor, needs to make a profit, so future prices will be higher by their margin. No direct orders at this introductory price will be accepted in the future.
The FRONT main seal centering tool will be offered as soon as we finish this rear seal group buy. Same scenario, different price.
Send orders via e-mail to:
Tim Engel: tengel@mchsi.com
In response to your order message, you will be sent PayPal and/or snailmail information for making payment. We will take orders for a short time only. A week, maybe two tops… until the flow of orders seems to dry up. Then we'll count orders, adjust price for volume and ask for payment. The production order will not be placed until after payments are received, so delivery time will be a combination of order/payment time, production time, packing and shipping. I can't quote exact times now, but it will be weeks rather than days. You will be notified when your package ships.
Thanks for your interest...
Regards,
Tim Engel
Lotus Owners Oftha North
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