by Donnie Hurt | Aug 1, 2019 | OPERATIONS
SLING YOUR SHAFT I have muscled crankshafts into place and used various methods of “slinging” them. I found this sling to be simple and easy. I built the hooks out of 1/2” steel rod and slid some heater hose over them to protect the crank’s bearing surfaces. I...
by Donnie Hurt | Aug 1, 2019 | TOOLING
CHEAP AND EASY RING SQUARING TOOLS I made many different size tools for quick and easy piston ring squaring when end gapping. I used scraps from leftover cylinder sleeves and turned them to size on my lathe. They don’t take up much space for storage even with...
by Donnie Hurt | Jul 1, 2019 | OPERATIONS
I’VE SEEN THE LIGHT Once again, I found myself on a ladder, one leg on the top rung and the other on a shelving rack, struggling to replace a ballast that was sucking the life out of our light and our electric bill. You’ve been there, trying to hold the swinging...
by Donnie Hurt | Jul 1, 2019 | ASSEMBLY
NOT JUST FOR SHAVING Many cylinder heads have corrosion in the water jackets that can’t all be blasted or blown out. Marine engines can be the worst. When assembling an engine, to make sure you don’t accidentally drop any loose scale in the bores, simply pump shaving...
by Donnie Hurt | Jul 1, 2019 | CRANKSHAFTS & CONNECTING RODS
ROD ALIGNMENT PINS I like to check rod alignment before I install the pistons. I had SB and BB Chev piston pins centerless ground .0025” under some years ago. Since then I have chucked other sizes short and ground them in the crank grinder slightly under size. I...
