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 | CYLINDER HEADS
CARBIDE SCRIBE My head porter and I developed this tool to keep all valve job bowl cuts identical. Very simple to make and quickly scribes exactly where to make cuts. Scribe is made from a carbide point from pocket metal scribe. It is epoxied into a drilled hole in...
by Donnie Hurt | Jun 20, 2019 | TOOLING
DIGITAL READ OUTS Here are some inexpensive digital read outs (DRO) I’ve added to various machines in the shop. On the seat and guide machine it’s great to be able to set seat depths for different cutters on the same head without setting the end stop for each one. You...
by Donnie Hurt | Jun 20, 2019 | CYLINDER HEADS
MODIFIED VACUUM TESTER We all use vacuum to test valve to seat seal. I use a handheld Mityvac in conjunction with an electric vacuum pump. By taking the vent cap off top of Mityvac, I was able to hook the pump directly to it. Now I have the ability to apply, hold and...
by Donnie Hurt | Jun 20, 2019 | LUBRICATION & COOLING
OIL PUMP INTO OIL PRIMER I was looking at purchasing an oil reservoir tank type oil system primer but thought there might be another way. I had just rebuilt an early SB Ford and still had the old school aluminum oil pump. It was very easy to cut off the mounting neck....
