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Rough Honing Cylinders With Water and Rust Damage To See What Size They’ll Clean Up At

November 22nd, 2019|Categories: Machine Shop|

This is a Chevy small block engine block that came in for machine work. The engine sat with water in the cylinders long enough for rust & pitting damage to take place. The block is [...]

Hitachi EX5600 Mining Shovel and Construction Radiator Rebuilding and Pressure Testing

November 19th, 2019|Categories: Radiator Shop|

This is a Hitachi EX5600 mining shovel radiator in our test tank being pressure tested. We did a complete recore overhaul to both the high temp & low temp radiator circuits with new heavy duty [...]

Five Valves Per Cylinder Aluminum Motorcycle Head Valve Job Rebuild

November 14th, 2019|Categories: Machine Shop|

This is an aluminum Yamaha cylinder head with five valves in the cylinder or combustion chamber. We removed the old valve guides, installed some new valve guides & reemed them to size for the valve [...]

Hitachi EX5500 Shovel Oil Coolers and Komatsu 830E Mesabi Radiator Repair and Rebuilding

November 13th, 2019|Categories: Radiator Shop|

Here's a couple of Hitachi EX5500 hydraulic oil coolers we did in aluminum to replace the original steel units. Along with the oil coolers we delivered a Komatsu 830E haul truck Mesabi radiator that we [...]

AMC Cylinder Head Surfacing, Suzuki Motorcycle Engine and 5.9 Cummins Engine Machining

November 13th, 2019|Categories: Machine Shop|

Here's some random pics of parts we're machining in the machine shop. The vintage Suzuki motorcycle engine got cleaned & surfaced on the decks of the cylinder head as well as the cylinder block. The [...]

Cat D11T-2 Dozer Hardnose Mesabi Radiator and Coolers Rebuilding

November 8th, 2019|Categories: Industrial & Heavy Equipment|

This is a complete hardnose assembly off of a Cat D11T-2 dozer. The radiator is a Mesabi style which we completely rebuilt. The entire hardnose was disassembled, cleaned, inspected & repaired as necessary before final [...]

Class 8 Semi Truck Radiator Cores and Parts Repair and Rebuilding

November 7th, 2019|Categories: Radiator Shop|

It's semi truck radiators & Cat folded radiator cores repair & rebuilding. The radiator cores are all bolt-on radiator cores ready for the overhaul process. The tanks & side brackets are lined up & in [...]

1945 Lorain TL20 Crane Hercules JXLD Flathead Gas Engine Machining and Rebuilding

November 6th, 2019|Categories: Machine Shop|

This is a Hercules model JXLD gas flathead engine we're machining. We're doing a complete engine restoration rebuild on this antique engine. It is out of a 1945 Lorain Model TL20 crane that is getting [...]

Caterpillar 793C Mining Haul Truck Radiator and Heat Exchanger Rebuilding

November 5th, 2019|Categories: Radiator Shop|

Here's a Caterpillar 793C mining haul truck radiator we rebuilt & delivered back to our customer. Along with the 793C radiator we delivered a small heat exchanger as well. Inside the orange metal box is [...]

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