by Donnie Hurt | Aug 9, 2024 | CRANKSHAFTS & CONNECTING RODS
This happens to be a Ford flathead V8 crankshaft that my collet puller would not budge. Sometimes, it is easy to use a punch to drive them out, but, in this case, there was not enough room to get the punch in and drive it out. I taped a dowel in front of the hole. I...
by Donnie Hurt | Aug 1, 2024 | CAMSHAFTS & VALVE TRAIN
When I found out that hydraulic lifters may not be made in America, I started buying NOS Chevy and Buick lifters. The ones I have left now have varnish in them that makes the inner plunger stick. I take a cup half filled with lacquer thinner, immerse the lifters four...
by Donnie Hurt | Aug 1, 2024 | CRANKSHAFTS & CONNECTING RODS
This is a way to check the corner radius on your crankshaft grinding stone for wear, while grinding and without the need to shut down the spinning wheel. Grind a notch in an ice-cream stick or popsicle stick for y’all from the north with the corner of the stone....
by Donnie Hurt | Aug 1, 2024 | CYLINDER HEADS
Here’s a way to remove valve seats where it’s not easy to drive them out from the backside. This was from a flathead block. I tig weld three lugs on the seat I.D. This allows a junk valve to slip in past them. Now install a retainer and locks, and with a slide hammer,...
by Donnie Hurt | Jul 23, 2024 | OPERATIONS
If you’ve got a pile of spray cans from products like penetrating oil with the nozzle broken off, you can tap them with a piercing freon tap that has a hose attached. Drain them into a container and then you can pour them into a squirt can. Obviously, one should...
