by Donnie Hurt | Dec 1, 2014 | CYLINDER HEADS
Making Impact on Head Disassembly Here is a fast way to disassemble cylinder heads. Take a 1/2” impact driver (the type that you twist and hit with a hammer) and place an impact socket that is just a little smaller than your valve retainer onto the impact driver. Next...
by Donnie Hurt | Dec 1, 2014 | ASSEMBLY
Smoke ‘Em if Ya Got ‘Em In our shop, we don’t have a dyno or engine test stand. We work on a variety of engines from Chevys to Internationals to Continentals, so no engine start stand would suit everything we do. In an effort to find oil leaks, we have started to...
by Donnie Hurt | Dec 1, 2014 | OPERATIONS
The Secret To Effective Sales Sales is nothing more than a communication between your shop, which sells parts and labor, and a customer who wants to buy parts and labor. This communication can take place over the phone, at your counter or on the web. There are lots of...
by Donnie Hurt | Nov 1, 2014 | OPERATIONS
Don’t Underestimate Advertising And Attitude Every shop needs to advertise because your current customers will someday go away. Getting new customers should be the goal and advertising is one good way to get it. We have our logo and lettering on our delivery vehicles...
by Donnie Hurt | Nov 1, 2014 | CYLINDER HEADS
Save Used Head Parts Our shop does a lot of cylinder head work. We keep several parts from old cylinder heads in marked boxes. Sometimes you lose an odd ball valve lock that no one keeps in stock. At this point, that box marked “Valve Locks” is worth it’s weight in...
