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Rebuilt Komatsu 830E Haul Truck Mesabi Style Radiator

This is a Komatsu 830E haul truck Mesabi style radiator that we did a complete rebuild and overhaul to. After the family helped assemble this one we got it loaded up and headed north to deliver it to our mining customer. This particular radiator will be cooling a Cummins diesel engine. We are [...]

2017-02-16T01:42:48+00:00February 15th, 2017|Industrial & Heavy Equipment|

Ford Mustang 289 V8 Engine Machine Work For Rebuild

This is a 289 cubic inch Ford V8 engine for a 1967 Mustang. The engine had been previously rebuilt but it wasn't machined & assembled correctly and suffered some internal damage. We ended up performing all the machine work to the block, crank, connecting rods, and cylinder heads as well as balancing the [...]

2017-02-16T01:31:47+00:00February 15th, 2017|Machine Shop|

Komatsu 830E Mesabi Radiator Getting Assembled By The Family

This is a Komatsu 830E Mesabi style haul truck radiator that is going together. We got an expected call from our mining customer that they needed the radiator ASAP so we had to recruit the whole family to get involved and start stuffing the tubes. So it was a family affair getting this [...]

2017-02-16T01:16:33+00:00February 15th, 2017|Radiator Shop|

Rusted Pitted & Corroded Cylinder Revealed After Boring

Here's some pics of a cylinder that is rusted and pitted from water and coolant getting into the cylinder. Our customer wanted to see if it would clean up by boring and honing. This is the #2 cylinder of a 350 small block Chevy. In the pics the cylinder is rough bored .029 [...]

2017-02-16T00:59:46+00:00February 15th, 2017|Machine Shop|

Komatsu 830E AC Haul Truck Mesabi Radiator Rebuild

This is a Komatsu 830E AC haul truck Mesabi style radiator we have in the shop for a complete rebuild and overhaul. It is in the process of getting all 1,292 of its tubes removed. Once all the tubes are removed we will remove the upper and lower rubber grommet seals as well. [...]

2017-02-16T00:44:38+00:00February 15th, 2017|Industrial & Heavy Equipment|

401 Buick Nailhead Block For Surface Cracks Repair

This is a 401 Buick Nailhead block that came into the machine shop for crack repair. The block was cracked on both deck surfaces from the head bolt holes into the coolant jacket areas. We machined the cracked head bolt holes for and installed some Lock-N-Stitch Full-Torq thread repair inserts. The Full-Torq inserts [...]

2017-02-15T21:13:31+00:00February 15th, 2017|Machine Shop|

1948 Nash Hemi Powered Customer Copper Brass Radiator

This is a custom copper and brass radiator with a custom aluminum fan shroud with two high performance Spal electric fans that we built for a 1948 Nash that is powered by a 426 Dodge Chrysler Hemi V8 engine. For all your high performance and custom radiator needs give us a call. We [...]

2017-02-13T18:09:25+00:00February 13th, 2017|Radiator Shop|

Powerstroke Tapered Wrist Pin Bushing Replacement and Machining

This post is for a set of 6.0 liter Ford diesel Powerstroke connecting rods with tapered wrist pin bushings. We have one connecting rod that is bent so we will be replacing that one. The other seven connecting rods have been blasted and reconditioned or resized on their big ends. We then pressed [...]

2017-02-11T17:56:09+00:00February 11th, 2017|Machine Shop|

1956 Classic Chevy Truck High Performance Radiator Build

This is a custom copper and brass high efficiency 4-row radiator we built for a 1956 Chevy classic truck. The picture of the old radiator shows the pattern we used to build the new radiator. The truck is going to be powered by a 383 stroker engine which we're also building so we [...]

2017-02-06T20:38:15+00:00February 6th, 2017|Radiator Shop|

Radiator Repair With The Torch and Running The Header

This is a picture of a radiator on the radiator lift being repaired. This is what we call running the header which involves melting all of the old solder off of the header plate around every tube. Once all the old solder is removed and every tube is clean & shiny we then [...]

2017-02-07T00:58:49+00:00February 6th, 2017|Radiator Shop|
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