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Headquarters: Phoenix, AZ Manufacturing: Phoenix, AZ and Northern California Deployment: Portland, Salem, Eugene and Corvallis, OR; Seattle, WA; San Diego, CA; Phoenix and Tucson, AZ; Nashville, Chattanooga, and Knoxville, TN. Manufacturing: Elkhart County, IN; Deployment: Portland, Chicago, and Sacramento. Project locations.
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I took the flywheel and clutch pressure plate to Portland Engine Rebuilders. Here's the crankshaft with the connecting-rods removed. Okay, since I take Fridays off, this gives me a chance to take the flywheel into a machine shop for balancing. to balance. to balance. Here's the crankshaft from a 1.7L
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