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Old 12-04-2020, 10:09 AM
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I have a 1954 Jaguar XK120, and I have been acquiring parts for a total rebuild of the engine. I have heard that some people who have rebuilt their engines had timing chain failures after a few hundred miles with major damage. It was determined that the timing chains were made in India specifically for the old Jaguar engines. ...
A little Off Topic but the post about parts made in India reminded me of a catastrophic failure of a freeway lampposts in St. Louis when I lived there.

Seems a guy was driving down the freeway when suddenly one of the lampposts fell on his car the worst way and killed him. The bolts holding the post up had just sheered off. Turns out that some bean counter had determined you could buy bolts made in India and save money.

The factory that made the bolts did not build them to any specs, but just put lines on them as if they were rated to the required specifications. All the posts had to be taken down and repaired with bolts of the proper strength. So the bean counter actually drove up the cost of the project, not to mention getting somebody killed.
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Wow, there are lots of blown engines above my post!!! I have to say that I have never ever had major problems with any car I have ever owned in the last 54 years. I do, however, take extra care of my vehicles and have used synthetic oils for over 40 years. Maybe that helped??

My first car was a 1963 Chevy SS and it had a cracked piston, but apparently that was minor compared to may other 409 engines!!!
My first car was a 4 door, straight 6, 1964 Chevy Impala! Bought it with 112,000 miles for $100 bucks and sold it back to the same guy who sold it to me two years later with 146,000 miles for the same $100 bucks. The stereo I installed in it was probably worth more than the car at that point, however even though you could see smoke coming out of the tail pipe every time I started it (burning oil badly) it DID run and never left me stranded.
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