FLASH IN THE DRAIN PAN I see a lot of people struggle with iron parts flash rusting after spray washing and rinsing with hot water. If you finish rinse with cold water, and blow it off, it pretty much stops the flash rust before it can start. You can then spray some...

DOWEL REMOVAL This is an easy and clean way to remove hollow dowel pins found in connecting rods or mains. Start tapping the I.D of the dowel with an NPT tap. Once it starts to cut it will spin the dowel and with upward pressure the dowel can be removed and reused....

STUD LUBE When installing head studs, lube the threads in the block instead of the actual stud. This will ensure proper lube to the entire threaded area, instead of the lead threads stripping the oil off as they go in. It also mitigates the oil that ends up on the...

UNDER PRESSURE 3rd Gen Hemi MDS plugs can be tricky to remove. Even more so to get them out without breaking them! Here's a simple trick. Spray some penetrating oil around all the plugs, then apply compressed air with a rubber tipped air blower to the MDS drain port...

SHARPER SCRAPERS I like to keep my super scrapers nice and sharp. Here's an easy little way to touch them up. I squared up a piece of scrap steel in my mill and drilled the hole in the same setup so it's nice and square. I drilled the hole just under the .375 tool...

REAMING OIL PASSAGES I like to use reamers to clean out oil passages in old engine blocks that have sat around for a long time and are rusty. If you use a +.001" oversize reamer, you will have perfectly clean oil passageways.   Dave Matton D and D Auto Machine ...