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 | Jun 1, 2015 | OTHER SHOP WORK
CATERPILLAR DIESEL FUEL TIPS * It’s possible for a secondary fuel filter to suck air, but not leak fuel when running. * Hook a sight glass where you think the engine is losing prime. When the engine is not running, air goes up & siphoning goes to highest point...
by Donnie Hurt | May 1, 2015 | CAMSHAFTS & VALVE TRAIN
MOCK LIFTERS For hydraulic lifter applications, I speed up the process for checking pushrod length, pre- load and geometry by using “solid” lifters. I disassemble a lifter and load it up with either epoxy or Plaster of Paris to position the plunger in a permanent...
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...
