Skip to content
Here's some pics of various machining projects we're working on in the machine shop. The 1st pic is of some deck dowels we had to machine for an old 1957 Cadillac 365 engine. The 2nd pic is of some new pistons for an older Cadillac 390 engine. The 3rd pic is a 3 [...]
Here's some miscellaneous machining jobs we have in the machine shop. The green cylinder head is a Cummins M11 that is here for a valve job & surface. The other cylinder head is a 12 valve 5.9 Cummins but it is cracked so it's going to need to be furnace welded. The aluminum [...]
This is a smaller Kubota compact diesel engine cylinder head. This particular cylinder head is out of a Bobcat skidsteer. The engine was evidently severely overheated which caused the cylinder head to crack. We haven't seen the radiator yet but it's more than likely extremely plugged/dirty and/or leaking which is what caused the [...]
This is a set of connecting rods for a 5.9 liter Cummins diesel engine out of a Dodge pickup truck. We start by cleaning the rods and checking them for cracks. Once we determine there's no cracks we then blast the rods to stress relieve them. We then recondition or resize the big [...]
This is a 455 Olds V8 engine out of a boat that came in for a rebuild. The story is that it got hot as well as has zero oil pressure when it gets up to temperature. Apparently it was rebuilt not long ago so we'll have to figure out what's wrong with [...]
This is a pair of small block Ford aluminum Edelbrock cylinder heads that we did a valve job & surface to. The heads came in with some damaged and bent valves and damaged valve springs. We got them all cleaned up and then mounted them in our Tobin-Arp seat and guide machine and [...]
This is our certificate of membership from the AERA. The AERA is the engine builders association. AERA used to stand for the Automotive Engine Rebuilders Association but they changed it to just the Engine Builders Association several years ago as we don't just rebuild automotive engines. We build and rebuild industrial engines, agricultural [...]
This is a set of 855 Cummins N14 diesel engine connecting rods. These connecting rods have tapered wrist pin bushings on the small ends. We first cleaned and magnafluxed the rods for cracks. Once we verify there's no cracks we recondition the big ends to make them perfectly round and on size. We [...]
This is a Caterpillar C15 diesel cylinder head that has several cracks from overheating. If a radiator isn't maintained externally to keep it clean with no obstructions in airflow along with not maintaining the coolant which allows internal plugging and clogging of the tubes, overheating will result. Severe and excessive overheating will cause [...]
This is an aluminum cylinder head that came in off of a forklift for a valve job and surface. The original head was warped & cracked so badly that it was more cost effective to replace it with a brand new cylinder head. We cleaned & checked the valves, springs, retainers, and locks, [...]
