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Re: [T3] VW type 3 engine w/bad rod bearing on ebay (#7971767273)


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On May 3, 2005, at 9:37 AM, Jim Showker wrote:

How do you find these, Jim?  It's not under engines and parts, or VW
engines, etc.  I'd sure like to know what your search criteria is on
ebay.

I don't recall how I stumbled on it. It's under Car & Truck Parts >
Engines &
Components > Compete Engines.

The weak part of ebay, at least for me is finding stuff. I've never seen
the category "complete engines" before. There are tons of categories on
ebay motors that are not listed any place that I can find when looking
through the lists. I'm sure there's a way to figure this stuff out, It's
just sailed right past me.


I've tried their search help over and over, to try and set up a simple
boolean search line that would do-- This or That or The Other, but can never
get it to work.

I've gotten pretty good, once I learned the language..

try:

   (type3,"type 3") engine -"hanger block"

show's the techniques.. the quotes, "word word", get's two words next to each other.
the minus sign excludes things, -"hanger block" the parenthesis match one or the other.


so the above finds things that have the word engine, that also have either the word
type3 or "type 3" and does not contain the word "hanger block"


after searching for various things, you can see what category they're in
learn new categories, to narrow things down by.


here's my search for a tachometer:

(tachometer,tach) (type3, "type 3", Weigand, Gossen, Tacho-Thomas ) -"Billet TACH MOUNT"

so you can all compete with me, when I next try and get my tacho-thomas.
[ I suppose I should just try and contact him directly? ]

--fess





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