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YukoNorton · Sep 30, 2023

what are the views on spray welding the rod journals? Say if at last grind, or to repair damaged surfaces, build them back up, and grind them... to standard size?

concours · Sep 30, 2023

YukoNorton said:
what are the views on spray welding the rod journals? Say if at last grind, or to repair damaged surfaces, build them back up, and grind them... to standard size?

so far, the plentiful supply of used cranks makes it a non-issue.

JMWO

Shelby-Right · Sep 30, 2023

concours said:
Foam ear plugs hidden under the welding ground clamp was always sure to inspire a raging hissey fit.....

especially after lunch on payday, when most of the shop was drunk/stoned.

We had very thin black plastic conveyor belting , I cut a piece welding lense size and slipped it in to a helmet , there was a lot of swearing

, another good one is to , replace the tig tungsten with some sharpened stainless 1.6 tig wire

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concours · Sep 30, 2023

Shelby-Right said:
We had very thin black plastic conveyor belting , I cut a piece welding lense size and slipped it in to a helmet , there was a lot of swearing , another good one is to , replace the tig tungsten with some sharpened stainless 1.6 tig wire ..

An evenly applied coat of Dykem blue layout on the filter plate brought it to about a shade 25....

mean gene · Oct 1, 2023

Spray welding you can gain a couple points of hardness, might warp something as a guess. Try it let us know. Shipping cost in todays world might make spray welding cheaper!

baz · Oct 1, 2023

concours said:
Foam ear plugs hidden under the welding ground clamp was always sure to inspire a raging hissey fit.....

especially after lunch on payday, when most of the shop was drunk/stoned.

Hilti caps under the earth clamp with a bit of card isolating the other side work well
Also a liberal amount of pepper sprinkled in the Dyson hand dryer can cause confusion

Richard Tool · Oct 1, 2023

Mark Savage said:
One of Les William's tricks was to leave a gudgeon pin circlip (wrist pin circlip if you're a septic) lying on the mechanic's bench of a freshly built engine.

now that is just plain evil …

Fast Eddie · Oct 1, 2023

Richard Tool said:
now that is just plain evil …

Exactly what I thought !

concours · Oct 1, 2023

Richard Tool said:
now that is just plain evil …

....only if you don't let 'em off the hook in a timely fashion.

daveforty · Oct 1, 2023

filling the underside of cup type drawer handles with grease was one of our favourites. messy...

Tornado · Oct 2, 2023

Placing a few chips of dry ice in a snap-capped plastic test tube, then slipping it in a someone's lab coat pocket was always entertaining in our lab.

Dan1950 · Oct 2, 2023

daveforty said:
filling the underside of cup type drawer handles with grease was one of our favourites. messy...

Never Seize was the popular choice on the plant I worked in.

mean gene · Oct 2, 2023

Sorry Larry I led this group off the path. As to return , what's new with your Uh-oh?

Larry S · Oct 2, 2023

mean gene said:
Sorry Larry I led this group off the path. As to return , what's new with your Uh-oh?

I don’t mind about the derail. I have sourced a good used connecting rod from a forum member and will be ordering bearing shells, rod bolts/nuts, piston/ring set and gasket/seal kit tomorrow. I’m in no rush now. As soon as I have all parts and materials on hand I will assemble the motor by the book paying double attention to detail. Good thing I like wrenching I guess.

Larry S · Oct 17, 2023

I started the reassembly last night. Cleaned up the crankshaft and reassembled using red loktite on all nuts. New +10 shells lightly smeared with oil inserted in the connecting rods and caps. Reused the rod bolts with new nuts. I didn't use any loktite on the rod bolts as the book did not specify doing so. And yes, I inserted the rods with the oil holes facing outwards. Ready to assemble the cases tonight!

grandpaul · Oct 17, 2023

Larry S said:
I started the reassembly last night. Cleaned up the crankshaft and reassembled using red loktite on all nuts. New +10 shells lightly smeared with oil inserted in the connecting rods and caps. Reused the rod bolts with new nuts. I didn't use any loktite on the rod bolts as the book did not specify doing so. And yes, I inserted the rods with the oil holes facing outwards. Ready to assemble the cases tonight!

I've been excoriated for using Loctite on rod nuts. Recommended method is dry torqued.

concours · Oct 17, 2023

Did the radius check out OK?

Larry S · Oct 17, 2023

concours said:
Did the radius check out OK?

All good.

Larry S · Oct 20, 2023

I've got the cases all bolted up and now I'm on to the timing side. I believe I've got the intermediate gear lined up correctly but I want to be positive. Is this correct? I've got the 10 rollers between marks or six links however you prefer.

Richard Tool · Oct 20, 2023

Best to put some protective sleeves around those rods Larry while in this phase - you don’t want to Nick or score them . hardware store foam pipe insulation works well .

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