If you've ever had to make a locating dowel pin, plug, or any misc. part from round stock, you know how frustrating it is if you don't have the right size material on hand. Instead of grabbing a bolt or an old valve stem, I keep a couple of inexpensive transfer punch...
Damper fit is something a lot of people don't check and might not know how important it is. If the fit is too loose, the damper can't do its job properly and it can walk on the crank snout causing galling. If it's too tight it'll gall both surfaces resulting in damage...
We all use different assembly lubricants for different areas of our projects. Just have many pill bottles with a smaller hole in the cap to prevent spilling if it gets tipped over. Just fill the bottle with a smaller level of lube so it won't pour out the top hole if...
This is a customer’s balancer, though the procedure will work on a new one with the rubber bonded outer ring. I make a groove that runs down to the center hub. I use a chisel or a cut-off wheel, then I take a pick with yellow paint and mark the line. Should this...
After I have established true TDC and I’m getting ready to degree my camshaft, I will take a sharp chisel and put a small mark on the back of the block and the crank. It helps to find TDC in the future should someone slip a balancer or change something up, causing us...
Here’s a tip on painting around installed plugs on a fresh bare block. I use old paper tubes. I split them longways, cut to the desired length, and made a slit to overlap with the required I.D. of what I want to mask. In the cam tunnel, I use a paint can lid. Big Don...