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Re: update on the progress and other stuff #900785 03/23/04 06:23 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,115 Texas T TexasRealtor Hard-core CEG\'er
TexasRealtor Hard-core CEG\'er T Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,115 Texas	Once Jeff gets the correct resin mixture, then he will post a group buy. "Eagles may soar high, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines."

Re: New thread for Sunroof Gear #900786 03/24/04 05:21 PM
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 2 M MattB420 Newbie
MattB420 Newbie M Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 2	[censored] yeah mine just broke, im so pissed, it just grinds instead of moving, if thats what will fix that im in.

Re: New thread for Sunroof Gear #900787 03/24/04 05:48 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,115 Texas T TexasRealtor Hard-core CEG\'er
TexasRealtor Hard-core CEG\'er T Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,115 Texas	Sounds like your gear. Hopefully we'll have the new gear in a couple of weeks....stayed tuned. "Eagles may soar high, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines."

Re: New thread for Sunroof Gear #900788 03/26/04 01:04 PM
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 260 S svtsoboss CEG\'er
svtsoboss CEG\'er S Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 260	Put me on the list.. I am In

Re: New thread for Sunroof Gear #900789 03/27/04 03:28 AM
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 195 Kansas City, MO M musicnut_dup1 CEG\'er
musicnut_dup1 CEG\'er M Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 195 Kansas City, MO	Jeff, keep on engineering the material until you get it right where it is strong enough while being heat resistant. As you can see from the posts here you are guaranteed quit a few sales. Question for CEGers - does one color seem to be more prone to melt and fail over other colors? My 2000 T-red failed at about 36,200 mi. while my blue 96 SE never failed. I've heard of other T-red failures while I've not heard of Silver Frost cars failing. What about black, green and non-SVT colors. 2000 T-Red SVT, #562/2150

Re: New thread for Sunroof Gear #900790 03/28/04 04:23 AM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 467 SE Michigan B Booger CEG\'er
Booger CEG\'er B Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 467 SE Michigan	Midnight Blue '99 Sport failed at about 38k. Booger '99 SE Sport Duratec MTX Navy Metallic/Midnight Blue SVT Springs and Struts

Re: New thread for Sunroof Gear #900791 03/29/04 02:57 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 40 huntsville, al J joecaffeine New CEG\'er
joecaffeine New CEG\'er J Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 40 huntsville, al	my 99 green sport failed about 72k Green '99 tour SE Sport-5 speed "horsepower is how hard you hit the wall. Torque is how much of the wall you take with you." www.cardomain.com/id/joecaffeine

Re: New thread for Sunroof Gear #900792 03/29/04 05:40 PM
Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 3,867 Wichita, KS R RogerB_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er
RogerB_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er R Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 3,867 Wichita, KS	Originally posted by musicnut: Jeff, keep on engineering the material until you get it right where it is strong enough while being heat resistant. As you can see from the posts here you are guaranteed quit a few sales. Question for CEGers - does one color seem to be more prone to melt and fail over other colors? My 2000 T-red failed at about 36,200 mi. while my blue 96 SE never failed. I've heard of other T-red failures while I've not heard of Silver Frost cars failing. What about black, green and non-SVT colors. My T-red 96 is doing well at nearly 70k, except it stuttered a bit last summer on some of the hottest days. So, I figure it's on its way out. Function before fashion. '96 Contour SE "Toss the Contour into a corner, and it's as easy to catch as a softball thrown by a preschooler." -Edmunds, 1998

Latest update 3/29/04 #900793 03/29/04 08:26 PM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 17 H hamonbagel OP New CEG\'er
OP hamonbagel New CEG\'er H Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 17	Well here is the latest... The bottom line is I have to run this gear on my injection machine. The good news is I will do this. The bad news is it will be a while longer. I'm very sorry to let you down in the short term. I tried two new resins and neither one worked. I'll be sending Rick his gear back. My schedule will be to finish the current project I am working on for the end of April and then ramping this one up. I have already visited my machine shop to get them started. They will give me some numbers next week so I can figure out what the gear will cost. I'm not going to even guess at it now but I will get back to the board later and see if the prices will work before continuing. I really want to thank everyone who has helped so far and let you know that I will not forget about you when I finally get the gear made right. The last thing I want is customers calling a year later yelling at me about a broken gear. Please check in to my website every now and again. I post new info in the top. I will do my best to keep all of you informed as I continue the progress. Jeff Caplan Odometer Gears LTD 757-593-3478 http://www.odometergears.com

Re: Latest update 3/29/04 #900794 03/29/04 08:42 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,115 Texas T TexasRealtor Hard-core CEG\'er
TexasRealtor Hard-core CEG\'er T Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,115 Texas	"Eagles may soar high, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines."

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