Guest pat gill Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Hi, I blew the engine on my 29 DA at the weekend! on my way to Goodwood race circuit in the UK, the engine had been rebuilt in south africa before I bought the car, the main bearings are seperate shells marked on the back "Ring True DETROIT" sept 22 1925 29 AD 3060, the big ends are cast into the rods, one had completely disintegrated into small granular pieces, not melted or worn through, all the white metal (babbit) is in the oil pan, it had not run out of oil or oil pressure, are there any later rods that will fit this engine and take normal bearings? or can the rods be modified? is ther anyone who has a gsk. set or just a head gsk. HELP, there are not many early Dodges in the UK and no spares at all, Thanks, Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Terry kean Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Pat, Try Olsonsgasket.com , They make what you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Terry kean Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Sorry, that should read Olsonsgaskets.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bohlig Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Sorry to hear of your misfortune.The August September 2007 Dodge Brothers Club News listed vendors. It runs 6 pages of fairly small print so not sure it would scan. I could try to scan or copy and mail a copy to you.Try egge machine for bearings and other than gasket stuff.Try Romar, Roy's Dodge parts and myers early dodgeI can send you the links. But try googling them first.The 1931 Chilton interchange manual does not hold much hope for a wide range of interchangeable main bearings or connecting rod bearings.Romar does machine workPaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1930 Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 I have a couple of spare 29/30 DA engines if you are in need of internal parts I would not mind breaking one of them down and sending you what you need, let me know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcorun Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 i have 6 pistons and rods used if you need just need more info on what you have is it the six Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Backyardmechanic Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 (edited) Pat,I can almost bet my last $ that the rod that went was # 6 you state that the engine was rebuilt. yeap! If this is the case the rear main bearing wasn't groved to let oil flo to the # 6 rod.The oil grove that oil the main is offset,the oil hole that oils the rod is center a grove must be cut from the offset main oil grove to the center hole to oil the #6 rod. We are talking about the main bearing on the block.Vern From ROMAR Edited February 23, 2011 by Backyardmechanic (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1930 Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 The original post wa smade in 2007, I offered to help him back then and never heard another word, I guess he either figured it out on his own or decided to go with a small block chevy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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