by Donnie Hurt | Oct 1, 2016 | TOOLING
IMPROVING THE BLASTING EXPERIENCE Like most machines, our glass beader has two 75 watt lightbulbs hanging down from the inside top. These cause a lot of shadows, glare in your line of sight and every once in a while, when you least expect it, a bulb shatters as if for...
by Donnie Hurt | Oct 1, 2016 | TOOLING
PVC CAN BE A WONDERFUL TOOL I have a 6 inch length of 3/4 PVC pipe I have used for maybe 25 years. I use it for pushing floater wrist pins out of pistons with no damage. I use it to bottom washers on studded heads. I have used it to carefully push head gaskets onto...
by Donnie Hurt | Oct 1, 2016 | CYLINDER HEADS
BIG D HEAD HANDLE Diesel cylinder heads are heavy and can be dangerous to move around. I use a rocker arm shaft and bolts from a Detroit to make a handle for carrying Detroit heads around the shop. It helps keep my fingers in working condition and keeps the head in...
by Donnie Hurt | Oct 1, 2016 | CYLINDER HEADS
MYSTERY OIL CONSUMPTION Sometimes we get engines in the shop that have unexplained oil consumption. The rings, valve guides and seals all appear to be just fine. Valve guide replacement, spring cup modifications, heavy porting and machining rocker arm bosses are just...
by Donnie Hurt | Sep 1, 2016 | OTHER SHOP WORK
CAST IRON THREAD PLUGS I make my own large threaded repair bushing from tapered pipe thread oil galley plugs, with an internal hex. The material of these plugs is hard enough to tap clean threads into, and very similar to your cast iron block or head. They are...
