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IS YOUR SHOP HYPERLOCAL?
IS YOUR SHOP HYPERLOCAL? How does a new potential customer find your shop? Yellow Pages are out... smartphones are in! Have you had occasion to type, or better yet, use voice commands with your smartphone to find a restaurant "near me"? This technology, called...
RING INSTALL PLATFORM
RING INSTALL PLATFORM When I opened my shop, I used to struggle with holding pistons between my knees while installing rings. One day I noticed that on the common shop cart, most piston and rod assemblies would fit perfectly between the handle and the cart. It holds...
BALANCING ACT
BALANCING ACT When adding heavy metal to a crank while balancing, the correct placement can be determined by adding the effective gain of your tungsten slug by moving this adjustable device to the approximate location on the counterweight and dialing in the exact...
SLING YOUR SHAFT
SLING YOUR SHAFT I have muscled crankshafts into place and used various methods of “slinging” them. I found this sling to be simple and easy. I built the hooks out of 1/2” steel rod and slid some heater hose over them to protect the crank's bearing surfaces. I found...
CHEAP AND EASY RING SQUARING TOOLS
CHEAP AND EASY RING SQUARING TOOLS I made many different size tools for quick and easy piston ring squaring when end gapping. I used scraps from leftover cylinder sleeves and turned them to size on my lathe. They don't take up much space for storage even with more...
PRESSURE TORQUE PLATE
PRESSURE TORQUE PLATE For those who don’t have a pressure tester, torque plates work great. Use along with homemade block off plates for the other holes and I use expandable rubber core plugs to seal up the block. I use them in cylinder heads as well. Just have a...
