by Donnie Hurt | Jun 1, 2015 | CYLINDER HEADS
SPRING TESTER STAND Make your daily life easier with fixtures and setups. An ugly back prompted me to build this stand for my valve spring tester years ago. No more bending over to check valve springs. This is comfortable and efficient. Randy Torvinen Torvinen’s...
by Donnie Hurt | May 1, 2015 | OPERATIONS
CURRENTLY TRENDING As I visit machine shops around the state, I notice some common trends. Shops have downsized to some extent over the years. Many of the shops no longer want to assemble engines. They claim that they don’t want the liability of assembling engines...
by Donnie Hurt | May 1, 2015 | ASSEMBLY
DIESEL HEAD STUD RETORQUE In our shop we do a variety of cylinder heads for late model diesel trucks. On jobs like 6.0 Fords, 5.9 Cummins, or 6.6 Dura- max our customers often install ARP studs as in improved fastener. ARP highly suggests that the studs be retorqued...
by Donnie Hurt | May 1, 2015 | CYLINDER HEADS
TOOLING PARADISE I work on everything from large HD agricultural to motorcycle engines. My excessive amount of seat and guide tooling had to find a home. I built this rotating tool holder out of 3 pieces of heavy wall PVC. The inner tube is attached to a pipe, which...
by Donnie Hurt | May 1, 2015 | CYLINDER HEADS
OLD SCHOOL HEAD BENCH This is very basic and has been in our shop for over 30 years. It’s been rebuilt twice, which means new carpet was installed on the V-blocks. The weight of the head, or gravity and the carpet on the V-blocks works to hold the head snugly in...
