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 | CYLINDER HEADS
VALVE GRIND TIP If you use a Sioux valve grinder or any valve grinder that centers on the chamfer of the end of the stem of the valve, it is very important that the chamfer is concentric with the valve. When I use the V-block attachment, I use a piece of wood with a...
by Donnie Hurt | Jul 5, 2018 | OPERATIONS
LUBRICATING WAYS When we use our resurfacing machines we usually let it travel just far enough to machine the length of the head or block that we are machining. This practice can cause a lack of lubrication to the Ways of one end of the machine. Once per day I let it...
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...
by Donnie Hurt | Jun 13, 2018 | CRANKSHAFTS & CONNECTING RODS
22R SPEEDY SLEEVE TOOL Installing a speedy sleeve on a 22R Toyota crank can be difficult because of the flywheel pilot flange sticking out of the back of the crank. I used a piece of tool steel, drilled a hole in it then installed a spring and a pin to hold it to the...
