ROD FIXTURE When I mount pistons onto press fit rods I set my mounting fixture so I get them perfectly centered. But setting the mounting fixture on tapered pin boss pistons is harder to get right. I took an old rod and honed the small end until the press pin slips...
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BEAT THE [OVER] HEAT We’re selling lots of new bare castings these days because of overheated, cracked heads. Once a cylinder head leaves your shop you’re at the mercy of the installer to insure the cooling system is in proper working order. A clogged radiator, weak...
SET SCREW LOCK DOWN To repair a set of heads that had been threaded and tapped for screw in studs, and where we could not use a shouldered hex stud or guides plates, I locked the studs in with set screws. Whoever had worked on these heads before had tapped the heads...
CAP REPAIR I got tired of plastic screw-on caps splitting and product drying out or going bad and leaking on my bench or in my tool box. So I use a piece of heat shrink tubing to keep the split cap together or prevent new caps from splitting. Will Samples S&S...
INTAKE SCREENS Screens on your doors and windows work to keep debris out of your house. New intake manifold gaskets for 3.7L and 4.7L Dodge and Jeep products are designed to do just that. These new problem solver gaskets include a special stainless screen that keeps...
A QUICK TIP Sometimes you need to just remove a few thousandths from a valve tip to get clearance on an OHC valve adjust that uses pucks. I found that grinding on valve refacer can sometimes take too much off, especially on very small stem valves. For fine adjustments...