Machine Shop

Here are some before, during & after pics of an old cast iron water pump we rebuilt. The water pump is a 1930 Dodge Brothers. When we got the pump all disassembled we found the housing to be extremely pitted & corroded. The shaft of the pump was also badly pitted & corroded. We machined [...]

Here are some pics of a couple of hydraulic cylinders we rebuilt. Both cylinders were extensively worn & damaged. The one cylinder had bad scoring in the bore as the shaft was bent. The pistons & seals were also badly worn in both cylinders. New gland nuts, pistons & rod ends were fabricated & [...]

Here are some before, during & after pics of an old cast iron Hercules water pump we rebuilt. Antique & obsolete water pumps come in for repair & reconditioning quite often. We completely disassemble the pumps & blast all the parts down to the raw base metal. Most of the time the shafts are [...]

Here are some pics of a Caterpillar 834H RTD, Rubber Tire or Wheel Dozer, blade stabilizer we reconditioned. The blade stabilizer is often referred to as an A-Frame as well. The two bores on the arms always require boring to get them perfectly round before welding the bores up & then machining them back [...]

Here’s some pics of a Toyota 4-Runner V6 engine we finished to a shortblock assembly. After cleaning & checking the block, crank & rods for cracks we performed all the machine work. The block got the housing bore align honed, the cylinders bored & honed for new oversize pistons & the decks surfaced & [...]

Here are some pics of an old antique cast iron water pump that came in leaking off of a Hercules gas engine. We completely disassembled the pump & blasted all the pieces & parts clean to bare metal. We ended up having to machine a new shaft as the original shaft was badly worn [...]

Here are some pics of an aluminum inline six cylinder Toyota 2JZ cylinder head that we did a three angle valve job & surface to. We painted the valve seats with some blue Dykem before machining them so we could better see when they were cleaned up. A closer look at some of the pics [...]

Here’s some pics of a couple aluminum pulleys we custom machined for a customer's hotrod. We machined the old pulleys for this customer in the past but he's making some changes which requires different pulleys. The crank pulley is machined with both v-grooves as well as serpentine grooves. The v-grooves drive accessories & the serpentine [...]

Here are some pics of a Cummins ISB 6.7 liter diesel engine block we had in for machining. The cylinders had some scratches & wear so we bored them oversize by .020 (twenty thousandths). The deck surface had some imperfections so we machined, or surfaced, the top of the block flat & square. We then [...]

Here are some pics of a Caterpillar #151-5747 blade stabilizer that we had in for repair & rebuilding. Often referred to as an A-Frame, the blade stabilizer mounts behind the blade on an RTD, or rubber tire wheel dozer. We begin by boring the larger bore in the center oversize until it is round & [...]