SLEEVE DRIVER When you are installing a repair sleeve in a engine block, it’s important to drive it in nice and straight with even pressure on the top of the sleeve. I made a sleeve driver tool out of an old car axle. I pressed out the studs and shortened it. It works...
FILTER ADAPTER TOOL Removing and installing an older Ford oil filter adapter without damaging it is easy when you make this tool. Find a nut that fits on the threads and cut a slot with a cutoff wheel. Next apply valve grinding compound to the threads, install the...
CAM BEARINGS SAVER I use a piece of PVC pipe inside the cam bore when I need to machine a block with cam bearings already installed. The pipe is large enough for the hold down bar in our boring and honing equipment to pass through and the PVC protects the cam bearings...
A HOT CUTTER CAM I always like to test fit the camshaft before assembling an engine I have machined. We have all seen camshafts that do not fit well in the cam bearings. Most of us have had to make a “cutter camshaft” by cutting sharp slots in the cam journals of an...
REMOVING DRY SLEEVES Removing dry cylinder liners by pressing them out can require a lot of setup time. Using your boring bar, offset the centering with a .030 feeler gauge on one finger. Line up the offset so you can view your cut. Set the bit by letting it slide out...
GROWING ALUMINUM We live in a time where aluminum blocks with cast-in sleeves are common. We build several dozen Gen III and Gen IV GM LS type motors per year. We finish our cylinders .001” tighter on the aluminum block engines to compensate for the additional growth...