by Donnie Hurt | Jan 1, 2019 | BLOCK WORK
NO MORE CAM BEARING ISSUES We’ve found that almost all issues related to camshafts being too tight in the bearings are caused by burrs in the cam tunnel which were caused by the original bearing installation at the factory. This is especially true with split cam...
by Donnie Hurt | Dec 26, 2018 | DISASSEMBLY & CLEANING
NOT JUST FOR SOCIAL MEDIA I have been taking photos of projects as customers drop them off. A picture from all sides will show any sensors, brackets etc. that the customer didn’t remove. A couple times a year a customer will tell me I forgot to give them back a sensor...
by Donnie Hurt | Dec 20, 2018 | DISASSEMBLY & CLEANING
MORE ON PIPE PLUGS I see a lot of pipe plugs today that don’t get removed or are all butchered up from guys struggling to get them out. I use a torch to heat up the tapered pipe plugs in the block until they glow red. Then I let it cool for a minute or so before I hit...
by Donnie Hurt | Dec 14, 2018 | PISTONS & RINGS
PIN POINT PISTON MARKER I took these broken off valve stems and ground the tips to a point to mark valve centerlines on pistons for flycutting valve reliefs. Just install the head on the block and insert the stem in the guide point down and with the piston at TDC,...
by Donnie Hurt | Dec 14, 2018 | BLOCK WORK
PASS THE ROAST SLEEVES We do quite a few small single cylinder engine, re-bore and power hone jobs in our shop. Usually going to the next available oversize is all that is needed. However, when cylinders are badly damaged or have already been re-bored to the limit, we...
