Here is a trick I use when I am boring for sleeves, line boring mains or any other type of boring where I absolutely must to hit my size and tolerance is tight. Prior to removing the tool on your 2nd to last cut, set up a…
Nick Jones Automotive Machine Fraser, MI
On many spray-wash machines, the "parts tree" will scuff up a freshly surfaced cylinder head if it is allowed to touch it. I simply slide some Convoluted Wire Tube over the branches of the tree and the heads are safe. Sometimes it can be difficult to get them…
Ron Flood Cedar Machine North Branch, MN
With more engine builds moving away from flat tappet cams to avoid the “oil & zinc” issue, another engine component frequently gets overlooked, the piston ring. While we all know flat tappet cams need to be broken in, piston rings and cylinder…
Engine Pro Technical Committee, with special thanks to Lake Speed, Jr. Total Seal Piston Rings
A very handy drill press clamp set can be made in about 15 minutes from 1" angle-iron, 2 carriage head bolts (they fit the t-slots), a couple valve guides for spacers and 2 wing nuts. It has a wide operating range, is very quick and easy to…
Tom Nichols Automotive Machine & Supply, Inc. Cleburne, TX
If you use an ultrasonic cleaner you can use smaller containers with various cleaning solutions in them within the water-filled ultrasonic cleaner. It will clean various materials simultaneously and reduce cleanup mess, time, and expense. Colin Eddy Garage & Customs Dallas, TX January, 2021
Colin Eddy Garage & Customs Dallas, TX
When I really need to save a piston that does not have a good way to press it off without wrecking the sides, I mill a slot along the exposed lower side of the pin bore and it will release the pin fit. Then you can…
Randy Torvinen Torvinen’s Machine Menahga, MN