by Donnie Hurt | Aug 1, 2018 | OPERATIONS
LIFT BELT I use a serpentine belt to lift blocks and cranks. No more need for chains and bolts or wrenches. It won’t harm machined surfaces and this belt can lift a fully dressed 5.9 Cummins. I’ve been using these for years and never had one break. Gary...
by Donnie Hurt | Jul 21, 2018 | CRANKSHAFTS & CONNECTING RODS
GEARING UP FOR ACCURACY As part of my crank balancing tools, I have an assortment of lower timing gears that I use when balancing a crank that requires the balancer to be installed. Some are slip fit, others I hone to slip fit for ease of removal. This allows me to...
by Donnie Hurt | Jul 6, 2018 | DISASSEMBLY & CLEANING
ANOTHER PLUG FOR PLUG REMOVAL I’ve found that those stubborn press in galley plugs can usually be removed fairly easily with this process. First, and most importantly, you must center punch the plug as close to center as possible.Then, using a Unibit, drill through...
by Donnie Hurt | Jul 5, 2018 | OTHER SHOP WORK
PRESSED INTO LOCKDOWN When we have stubborn dowels in flywheels we have come up with a few tricks for pulling them. The best trick we came up with was to put the flywheel in the press to hold it stationary. Now, every hit to engage the sleeve on to the collet is a...
by Donnie Hurt | Jul 5, 2018 | BLOCK WORK
FORD FE OIL TUBE REPAIR After reading the article on building Ford FE engines in the May issue of Engine Builder, I was reminded of a solution I came up with to repair cracked Ford FE blocks. It was not uncommon in their hay-day to see some oil in the cooling system...
