And he scooooores!!!

radman · Oct 28, 2007

To try and find parts for. But every once in a while.... Crank seals for my 'ol Zook have been out of production for ages, at least 20 years, and are impossible to find. Many builders have seal holders machined, and use available seals with the right ID to fit. Some have gone so far as to find good known still sealing used cranks and have transplanted them in to build a usable motor. But theres a guy on the east coast by the name of Paul Miller who appears to have, like Ticket Master, bought any and all of the worlds supply of vintage Zook parts and buried 'em in a hole someplace, doling them out a tiny bit at a time. He's well known in the restore community for being THE source for the rarest of the rare (word is he built Jay Leno's X6). Well, for a hunnert beans, I have a full set of crank seals (4), shift shaft, kick shaft, and countershaft (output) seals, all brand new NOS Zook. I estimate it was gonna cost me a couple hundred bucks just for the left side seal alone by the time I was done, the center crank seals weren't even on the radar yet :glare: Sometimes I just fall into **** and come out clean as a whistle.......

wpbfjr · Oct 29, 2007

good on you, you deserve some good karma payback!!!

:yahoo:

RatoneMuerto · Oct 29, 2007

radman said:
To try and find parts for. But every once in a while.... Crank seals for my 'ol Zook have been out of production for ages, at least 20 years, and are impossible to find. Many builders have seal holders machined, and use available seals with the right ID to fit. Some have gone so far as to find good known still sealing used cranks and have transplanted them in to build a usable motor. But theres a guy on the east coast by the name of Paul Miller who appears to have, like Ticket Master, bought any and all of the worlds supply of vintage Zook parts and buried 'em in a hole someplace, doling them out a tiny bit at a time. He's well known in the restore community for being THE source for the rarest of the rare (word is he built Jay Leno's X6). Well, for a hunnert beans, I have a full set of crank seals (4), shift shaft, kick shaft, and countershaft (output) seals, all brand new NOS Zook. I estimate it was gonna cost me a couple hundred bucks just for the left side seal alone by the time I was done, the center crank seals weren't even on the radar yet :glare: Sometimes I just fall into **** and come out clean as a whistle.......

Told ya about him radman.How you think I keep my 30+ year old Suzi's ringdinging?Good luck though finding the other badly needed rubber parts like the fork boots,brakespring booties and other very hard to find rubber.I do know a company here in Dallas that can make you molds for those parts but be prepared to fork over some serious Benjamins along with a part that needs duplication.Also I can get you the contacts for crankshaft rebuilders but Paul is still the best source.Rebuilding that crank will be the toughest thing you will face.Hardly anyone has the jigs or pressure testers anymore.One 1976 GT500 that he owned went for over 4k last year on eBay