by Donnie Hurt | Aug 1, 2015 | CYLINDER HEADS
Get The Parts! Customers seem to like to send you cylinder heads without sending the rockers, lifters, cams, cam caps, etc. Always have them bring all these parts so you can check them out along with the head, especially when it is a shim-adjust head with solid lifter...
by Donnie Hurt | Jul 1, 2015 | ASSEMBLY
Easy Oil Pump Screen Install I just clamp the screen in my brass jaw vise and use a plastic dead-blow hammer to drive the pump onto the screen, being careful to keep them in alignment. This method started when I did not have a driver for an oddball engine. Now I do...
by Donnie Hurt | Jul 1, 2015 | ASSEMBLY
Understanding Standard and Reverse Rotation Marine Boats with twin engines usually have them turning in opposite directions so the torque reactions of the engines cancel each other out. This can create some rather unique problems for the rebuilder. The following four...
by Donnie Hurt | Jul 1, 2015 | OPERATIONS
Thinking Outside the Book Is your business up to date on your Yellow Pages listing? I hope not! In the good ol’ days if someone in your area needed machine work they would turn to the yellow pages. How do DIYers find your shop today? – According to Yelp, 85...
by Donnie Hurt | Jul 1, 2015 | CYLINDER HEADS
Dead Lifters and Cylinders We had an interesting issue with Cadillac Northstar heads. We did a normal blast, dye check, valve job, stem height adjustment, and surface as requested. We also did our normal vacuum test before sending the heads back. We were then...
