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Here’s some pics of a custom radiator with a polished top brass tank for a 1957 Chevy hot rod. We built this radiator a little over 30 years ago for the original owner of the car. The car suffered a fire at the left front which melted the original electric fan & shroud. We rebuilt [...]
Here are some pics of a 2.3 liter SOHC (single overhead cam) Ford Ranger engine that came in for machine work. We began with thermal cleaning & shotblasting the block so we could get a good magnaflux inspection for cracks. We then align honed the housing bore so the main bearings set true & straight [...]
Here are some before & after pics of a 1955 Avanti 259 cubic inch Studebaker engine block. The block came in for a hot tank cleaning & the cylinders to be bored & honed for new oversize pistons. After a day & a half in the hot tank it was clear that the block [...]
Here are some pics of a Komatsu 930E-5 haul truck radiator we picked up for a repair & rebuild. Both the low-temp radiator & the hi-temp radiator have aluminum tubes. The radiator is leaking so we will need to locate the leak & evaluate the condition of the aluminum tubes. We'll post more as we [...]
Here are some pics of a Caterpillar 793C haul truck radiator. All sixty of the folded radiator cores, or sections, are ready for a rod & repair. We'll post more pics after we finish this radiator rebuild up. Motor Mission Machine & Radiator 5435 Desert Point Dr. Las Vegas, Nv. 89118 Ph: (702) 649-2366 or [...]
Here are some before & after pics of some hydraulic cylinders we rebuilt. The black cylinder is for a Caterpillar 834K wheel dozer. The part number on it is a 3839075. Thr two yellow cylinders are for a Caterpillar D10R dozer & they are both a part number 7T3829X. All three cylinders were completely disassembled, [...]
Here are some pics of a pair of aluminum aftercoolers for a Caterpillar 789D haul truck. Also referred to as a CAC, or charge air cooler. The turbo blows into the aftercoolers which cools the intake charge air down to make more horsepower. Both coolers were cleaned internally & externally before pressure testing & inspecting. [...]
Here are some pics of a Caterpillar 18M3 grader circle, drawbar & blade hanger we rebuilt. The entire circle assembly was disassembled so each piece could be checked for cracks, prepped & welded where needed. All the bores as well as any machined surfaces were machined to true them up, then built back up with [...]
Here are some pics of a Caterpillar 793F Mesabi Radiator in the assembly & pressure testing stages. One of our 4th generation youngsters is having her hand at reinstalling the individual Mesabi radiator tubes into the new rubber grommet seals. After all the individual MESABI radiator tubes are installed the complete radiator assembly is submerged [...]
We spent this first week of June 2026 in Elko, Nv. for the Elko Mining Expo. We exhibited for our first time to get our name out there in the heart of Nevada's mining industry. We started the expo off with the golf tournament on Tuesday at the Ruby View Golf Course which is always [...]
