Machine Shop

Not all leaks in an engine can be detected by magnafluxing for cracks. In these pics it can be seen that the heads are leaking above the valve seats around the valve guides. This is why we always pressure test cylinder heads even if we don't find any visual cracks during magnafluxing. New valve guides [...]

Here's some pics of a 3116 Caterpillar diesel engine we did all the machine work to. We had to machine all six cylinders in the block so we could install sleeves in order to bring the bore size back to standard. After the sleeves were installed we surfaced and squared the deck of the block [...]

Here's some various engine and cylinder head rebuilding and machining jobs we have going on in the machine shop. The first couple pics are a 366 GM industrial engine getting its cylinders bored & honed. Then the dirty blocks are a 454 big block Chevy and a Ford flathead V8 that came in for some [...]

This is a couple of John Deere industrial cylinder heads we rebuilt. The cylinder heads are four cylinder diesels and they both ended up needing a valve job and surface along with some new valve giudes and some new valves as well. We have the equipment and experience necessary to repair and rebuild cylinder heads [...]

This is a big block Chevy engine block that had a crack from a head bolt hole to a coolant jacket hole. We repaired it by machining the head bolt hole for a Lock-N-Stitch Full-Torq thread repair insert. The Full-Torq inserts have a special angled thread on their OD. The special thread actually pulls the [...]

These are a couple of aluminum mounting blocks we custom machined. The blocks were welded to the radiator and aftercooler assembly off of a Caterpillar 6060 shovel. The rubber mount isolators bolt to the blocks at the top of the radiator which hold the top of the cooling package in place. Motor Mission Machine & [...]

This is a 1957 Cadillac engine that we did a complete machining and rebuild to. The engine is a 365 cubic inch V8. The Caddy had been sitting for over 30 years so the engine was brought to us so we could completely go through it from top to bottom. Once we got the engine [...]

Here's some pics of a big block Chevy engine block we just finished boring and honing for a new set of oversize pistons and rings. This is a high performance engine build so we installed torque plates to the decks of the block with head gaskets before honing the cylinders. The torque plates simulate the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]