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Komatsu 830E haul truck L&M Mesabi Radiator Overhauling, Repairing, and Rebuilding

Here's some pics of a Komatsu 830E haul truck L&M Mesabi radiator that we're in the process of repairing and rebuilding. In these pics you can see the two halves are separated. One half is a lo-temp radiator and the other half is a hi-temp radiator. One half is completed and one half [...]

2017-07-14T03:14:56+00:00July 14th, 2017|Radiator Shop|

Yamaha YZ 250 and Honda TRX 250 Cylinder Jugs Bore and Hone For New Oversized Wiseco Forged Pistons and Deck Surface Milling

Here's a couple of powersports ATV motorcycle cylinder jugs that came in for a bore and hone. We mounted them in our Rottler boring bar and bored the cylinders oversize to within .005 of the new Wiseco forged pistons. We then secured them in our Sunnen CK10 cylinder hone and final honed them [...]

2017-07-14T03:00:00+00:00July 14th, 2017|Machine Shop|

1923 Durant Star Antique Radiator Recore, Tanks Repair, and Restoration

This is a 1923 Durant Star radiator that came in with a lot of leaks. We ended up recoring it with a new core. The top and bottom tanks were pretty beat up so we straightened them up as much as we could without destroying them. The radiator is in good sound shape [...]

2017-07-14T01:42:53+00:00July 14th, 2017|Radiator Shop|

5.9 Liter B-series Cummins Diesel Connecting Rods Polishing, Reconditioning, and Tapered Wrist Pin Bushings Replaced

Here's a set of six connecting rods for a 5.9 liter B-series Cummins inline six cylinder diesel engine. We cleaned the rods and magnafluxed them for cracks before polishing them. We then reconditioned the big ends with our Sunnen honing machine. We then used our tapered wrist pin bushing removal and installation tooling [...]

2017-07-14T01:15:10+00:00July 14th, 2017|Machine Shop|

1964 Chevy Chevelle Radiator Recore With A High Efficiency Core

Here's some before and after pics of a radiator that came in off of a 1964 Chevrolet Chevelle. The original core had nearly all of its tubes plugged solid internally. Since the original core was so badly corroded internally we recommed recoring the radiator with a new high efficiency core and our customer [...]

2017-07-13T00:04:00+00:00July 13th, 2017|Radiator Shop|

3306 Caterpillar Cylinder Head Rebuild and Crankshaft Grinding and Polishing

Here's some before and after pics of a 3306 Caterpillar cylinder head and crankshaft that came in for rebuilding. We did a full cleaning and inspection to both the cylinder head and the crankshaft including checking them for cracks. The head then got a complete valve job and surface rebuild. The crankshaft mic'd [...]

2017-07-12T23:38:56+00:00July 12th, 2017|Machine Shop|

Custom Radiator Building, Soldering Radiator Headers and Tubes, Cat Folded Radiator Cores, and 793 Radiator Overhaul

Here's some small to large radiator projects we have going in the radiator shop. There's a custom copper and brass 1950's Chevy truck radiator, a bolt-on radiator core that we've ran the headers on with new solder, some Caterpillar folded radiator cores going through the reconditioning process, a copper and brass radiator in [...]

2017-07-12T15:41:43+00:00July 12th, 2017|Radiator Shop|

Ford Falcon 170 Engine Rebuild, Drag Race Motorcycle Crankshaft, Cylinder Boring and Honing, and Crankshaft Rotating Assembly Balancing

Here's some pics of various parts we're working on in the machine shop. The 1st pic is a 170 cubic inch inline 6-cylinder engine we're rebuilding for a '60's Ford Falcon. The block, cylinder head, and sheet metal are all powder coated. The 2nd & 3rd pics are a Suzuki motorcycle crankshaft that [...]

2017-07-12T15:18:00+00:00July 12th, 2017|Machine Shop|

Mesabi L&M Mining Radiator Tubes, Cat D10 Dozer Aftercoolers, and A Bolt-On Crankhole Garbage Truck Radiator Rebuild

Here's some pics of various parts we're working on in the radiator shop. The first couple of pics are a load of L&M Mesabi radiator tubes that are going through the cleaning and reconditioning process. The two aluminum charge air coolers are Caterpillar D10T dozer aftercoolers that we re-cored with new heavy duty [...]

2017-07-12T14:25:10+00:00July 12th, 2017|Radiator Shop|

Lexus Aluminum Cylinder Heads Valve Job and Surface Repair and Rebuilding

This is a set of aluminum V8 cylinder heads off of a Lexus. They came in to get checked out as they were overheated due to a bad radiator and cooling system issue. We cleaned them up inside and out so we could dye check them for cracks and then pressure test them [...]

2017-07-12T14:02:08+00:00July 12th, 2017|Machine Shop|
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