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Here’s some pics of a custom copper & brass radiator we built for a 1946 International Rat Rod truck. This radiator will be cooling a bored & stroked 496 cubic inch big block Chevy engine that we built. We fabricated the aluminum fan shroud & mounted a high performance sixteen inch Spal electric fan. Motor [...]
Here’s some pics of a bracket, or blade hanger, on our CNC boring & milling machine. This piece attaches to the underside of the drawbar on a 16G Caterpillar grader. The blade, or moldboard, hangs from & slides side-to-side on the bottom of this bracket. The bores where the blade hanger pins up to the [...]
Here’s some pics of some Caterpillar equipment parts we delivered back to one of our mine customers. The radiator is a 793C haul truck radiator. This radiator is a folded core type unit with sixty individual radiator cores, or sections. The fuel tank is also for the same 793C model haul truck. It got the [...]
Here’s some pics of a compact diesel engine out of a Caterpillar mini excavator that came in for cleaning, inspecting & machine work. The engine is labeled under the Mitsubishi brand but it is ultimately manufactured by Perkins. It is a three cylinder model S3Q2. The block was machined for cylinder sleeves which were bored [...]
Here’s some before & after pics of a heavy duty aluminum oil cooler that came in for cleaning & repairing. The core is a bar-and-plate design while the tanks, or end caps, are constructed of thick aluminum extrusions. After thoroughly cleaning the cooler inside & out we pressure test to locate the leaks. Once the [...]
Here’s some pics of a repair we did to a MESABI radiator on the machine. The machine is a Komatsu WE1850 loader which suffered some damaged to the radiator from some rocks & debris. In addition to some of the tubes & seals leaking we also found a crack in the steel bottom tank. After [...]
Here’s some pics of an International, or Navistar, Maxxforce 13 diesel engine cylinder head that came in for repairing & rebuilding. The head is off of a piece of Caterpillar equipment. At least two of the cylinders are damaged with burnt & broken valves. There are also numerous cracks in the deck of the head [...]
Here’s some before & after pics of a Caterpillar 18M grader radiator hardnose cooling package we rebuilt. All of the cooling system components were removed from the hardnose for cleaning, repairing & rebuilding. The aluminum radiator, aftercooler, oil coolers & all of the other components are reinstalled into the hardnose & ready for another round [...]
Here’s some pics of a hydraulic hammer we rebuilt. This hammer is a Caterpillar H140D. When these rock breakers come in their internal parts are typically worn & hammered out pretty good. After completely disassembling we replace all the bushings & seals. The accumulator gets reconditioned & re-charged with nitrogen to the proper pressure. A [...]
Here are some before, during & after pics of a Case Backhoe radiator we overhauled. The radiator came in leaking in the headers. It is an all metal copper and brass radiator. Both the top & bottom tanks were removed so we could re-run both headers. After the headers were run, we reset the tanks [...]
